Assignment is the process of assigning the value of an expression to a variable.
The variable can be a simple variable, an array element, a dynamic array element, a substring, or all of the above.
Syntax
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variable = expression |
Example(s)
Variable name is assigned the string "george".
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name = "george" |
Variable result is assigned to the result of the arithmetic expression.
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result = (unit.price * qty) |
Variable line is assigned the result of the string expression.
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line = result: " is the answer" |
Adds the value of code as the last attribute of the dynamic array item.
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item<-1> = code |
Adds the value of code as the last value in an attribute of codes.
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item<codes,-1> = code |
Value fred, is assigned to the fifth element of the dimensioned array customer.array.
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customer.array(5) = "fred" |
Second subvalue in the second value in the first attribute of the string in item is replaced with the string "100".
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item<1,2,2> = "100" |
Character positions 3 and 4 of string are replaced with the string "ca".
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string[3,2] = "ca" |
Third and fourth character positions of the string found in the first subvalue in the second value in the first attribute of item is replaced with the string "ca".
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item<1,2,1>[3,2] = "ca" |
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