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Assignment Statement Shortcuts

When an assignment statement gives a variable a new value by operating on its old value, the assignment operator = can be replaced by one of:
     *=
     /=
     +=
     -=

Example Shortcut
p = p * n; p *= n;
p = p / n; p /= n;
p = p + n; p += n;
p = p - n; p -= n;


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