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assignment expression
subject			fact

assignment expression	has definition An expression that contains an assignment operator
	has example (x = 1) * 2 (with no ;)
	has purpose to assign to a variable
	is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
	is a kind of expression
expression	can be part of an expression
	has type that is the type of its result
	has value called its result, or its return value
	occurs in a context where a value is required
	performs a computation specified by 0 or more operators
	returns a value from its computation
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional