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augmented assignment

augmented assignment noun: an assignment by which an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to this variable.

Noun

augmented assignment (countable and uncountable, plural augmented assignments)

  1. An assignment by which an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to this variable.

Forms of augmented assignment

pluralaugmented assignments

Origin of augmented assignment

augmented + assignment

Words formed from augmented assignment

  • augmented assignment operator

Questions about augmented assignment

What does augmented assignment mean?
Augmented assignment means an assignment by which an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to this variable.
What part of speech is augmented assignment?
Augmented assignment is a noun.
What is the plural of augmented assignment?
The plural of augmented assignment is augmented assignments.

Words near augmented assignment in the dictionary

  1. augmentations
  2. augmentative
  3. augmentatively
  4. augmentatives
  5. augmented
  6. augmented assignment
  7. augmented assignments
  8. augmented fifth
  9. augmented fifths
  10. augmented fourth
  11. augmented fourths

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