Assignment Statements Assignment statements index BASIC An assignment statement gives a value to a variable. For example, x = 5; gives x the value 5. The value of a variable may be changed. For example, if x has the value 5, then the assignment statement x = x + 1; will give x the value 6. The general syntax of an assignment statement is variable = expression; where: the variable must be declared; the variable may be a simple name, or an indexed location in an array, or a field (instance variable) of an object, or a static field of a class; and the expression must result in a value that is compatible with the type of the variable. In other words, it must be possible to cast the expression to the type of the variable. Examples: int i = 0; price[itemNumber] = 0.80 * price[itemNumber]; myDog.name = "Fido"; INTERMEDIATE An assignment "statement" is not really a statement (although it is typically used that way), but is an expression. The value of the expression is the value that is assigned to the variable. For example, the expression i = j = k = 0; sets all of i, j, and k to zero.
