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assignment statement

subject fact

assignment statement has example
aVariable = 5;
source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:36:08.0
has purpose to assign a value to a variable
is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
is a kind of expression statement added by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:36:08.0

statement is terminated by a semicolon    2001-10-19 11:37:57.0
should be not more than one line long if possible

syntactic unit has syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

assignment statement	has example aVariable = 5;
	has purpose to assign a value to a variable
	is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
	is a kind of expression statement
statement	is terminated by a semicolon
statement	should be not more than one line long if possible
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional