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Here they are -= and +=. What do they mean?

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Here is the spiel:

a += b  Roughly equivalent to a = a + b 
a -= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a - b  
a *= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a * b  
a /= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a / b  
a //= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a // b 
a %= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a % b  
a **= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a ** b   
a &= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a & b  
a |= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a | b  
a ^= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a ^ b  
a >>= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a >> b  
a <<= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a << b
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Thanks Sneekula, I got it now!

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Here is the spiel:

a += b  Roughly equivalent to a = a + b 
a -= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a - b  
a *= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a * b  
a /= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a / b  
a //= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a // b 
a %= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a % b  
a **= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a ** b   
a &= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a & b  
a |= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a | b  
a ^= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a ^ b  
a >>= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a >> b  
a <<= b  Roughly equivalent to a = a << b

What do you mean "Roughly equivalent"? a += b is the exact same thing as a = a + b .

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Just like in C, a += b does the same thing as a = a + b, but the code produced is more efficient. So, I think, the roughly is there for the sticklers in life.

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