Perl Assignment Operators Example

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Assume variable $a holds 10 and variable $b holds 20, then below are the assignment operators available in Perl and their usage −

Sr.No.	Operator & Description
1	= Simple assignment operator, Assigns values from right side operands to left side operand Example − $c = $a + $b will assigned value of $a + $b into $c
2	+= Add AND assignment operator, It adds right operand to the left operand and assign the result to left operand Example − $c += $a is equivalent to $c = $c + $a
3	-= Subtract AND assignment operator, It subtracts right operand from the left operand and assign the result to left operand Example − $c -= $a is equivalent to $c = $c - $a
4	*= Multiply AND assignment operator, It multiplies right operand with the left operand and assign the result to left operand Example − $c *= $a is equivalent to $c = $c * $a
5	/= Divide AND assignment operator, It divides left operand with the right operand and assign the result to left operand Example − $c /= $a is equivalent to $c = $c / $a
6	%= Modulus AND assignment operator, It takes modulus using two operands and assign the result to left operand Example − $c %= $a is equivalent to $c = $c % a
7	**= Exponent AND assignment operator, Performs exponential (power) calculation on operators and assign value to the left operand Example − $c **= $a is equivalent to $c = $c ** $a

Example

Try the following example to understand all the assignment operators available in Perl. Copy and paste the following Perl program in test.pl file and execute this program.

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
 
$a = 10;
$b = 20;

print "Value of \$a = $a and value of \$b = $b\n";

$c = $a + $b;
print "After assignment value of \$c = $c\n";

$c += $a;
print "Value of \$c = $c after statement \$c += \$a\n";

$c -= $a;
print "Value of \$c = $c after statement \$c -= \$a\n";

$c *= $a;
print "Value of \$c = $c after statement \$c *= \$a\n";

$c /= $a;
print "Value of \$c = $c after statement \$c /= \$a\n";

$c %= $a;
print "Value of \$c = $c after statement \$c %= \$a\n";

$c = 2;
$a = 4;
print "Value of \$a = $a and value of \$c = $c\n";
$c **= $a;
print "Value of \$c = $c after statement \$c **= \$a\n";

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −

Value of $a = 10 and value of $b = 20
After assignment value of $c = 30
Value of $c = 40 after statement $c += $a
Value of $c = 30 after statement $c -= $a
Value of $c = 300 after statement $c *= $a
Value of $c = 30 after statement $c /= $a
Value of $c = 0 after statement $c %= $a
Value of $a = 4 and value of $c = 2
Value of $c = 16 after statement $c **= $a