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8 Compound Arithmetic and Assignment

Compound arithmetic and assignment statements combine an arithmetic operation and assignment,

 x = x op y;

replacing them with the compound form

 x op= y;

For example, x = x + 1 may be replaced with x += 1.

The signatures of the supported compound arithmetic and assignment operations are as follows.

• Compound Addition and Assignment
• Compound Subtraction and Assignment
• Compound Multiplication and Assignment
• Compound Division and Assignment
• Compound Elementwise Multiplication and Assignment
• Compound Elementwise Division and Assignment