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assignment

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(programming)assignment - Storing the value of an expression in a variable. This is commonly written in the form "v = e". In Algol the assignment operator was ":=" (pronounced "becomes") to avoid mathematicians qualms about writing statements like x = x+1.

Assignment is not allowed in functional languages, where an identifier always has the same value.

See also referential transparency, single assignment, zero assignment.


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But all I know, sir, is, that I am ready to hand you over this sum in exchange for your assignment of the debt.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
But the assignment of these various meanings to the factor does not yield results which accord with the historic facts.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Holding the office directly from the crown, I believe, all the royal emoluments incident to the Cinque Port territories become by assignment his.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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