Assignment

perform calculation & save result in a variable

• assignment statement

  
   	total_num := number1 + number2;

assignment operator: :=

• "becomes equal to"

	
the variable total_num becomes equal to value of number1 plus value of number2

• transfers the result of the calculation on the right-hand side to the variable on the left-hand side

operators include:

	+		addition
	-		subtraction
	*		multiplication
	/		division

An example program shows (among other things) the use of assignment statements that involve some calculation.