AP® Computer Science A glossary
Compound assignment operator
Also called: compound assignment
Course: AP® Computer Science A Shows up in: Unit 1: Using Objects and Methods
One of +=, -=, *=, /= and %=: it does the arithmetic with the variable and the right side, then stores the result in the variable.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 1.6.A.1
x op= y works like x = x op (y): the whole right side is evaluated first. On an int variable, /= and %= use int arithmetic.
int x = 4;
x *= 2 + 3;
System.out.println(x);Output:
20