1 | The way that you put a value into the space named by the variable is called assignment: |
2 | Note that this is not the same as "=" in math. You can say things like: which means take the old value of x, add 1, and store it back into x. In fact this is such a common operation, there is an abbreviation: |
3 | int x, y; |
4 | x = 8; |
5 | y = 2 * x; |
6 | Take the value on the right of |
7 | the "=" and store it into the place |
8 | named on the left. |
9 | x = x + 1; |
10 | x++; |