A Assignment expression (Definition) ECMA 262 edition (Web site developers)
A Assignment expression (Definition) ECMA 262 edition 2 section 11.13 ECMA 262 edition 2 section 12.2 ECMA 262 edition 3 section 10.1.3 ECMA 262 edition 3 section 11.1.2 ECMA 262 edition 3 section 11.13 ECMA 262 edition 3 section 12.2 Assignment expression (Definition) An expression that causes an assignment as a by-product. Availability: ECMAScript edition 2 Assignment expressions can be broken down into a two-operand expression with the result being assigned to the value on the left. Note that assignment expressions can be used in their entirety as an RValue. You may want to void the assignment expression in some cases to prevent the result of the assignment being used inadvertently as an HREF. Add then assign (+=), Assignment operator, Concatenate then assign (+=), Expression, LValue, Multiply then assign (*=), Remainder then assign (%=), RValue, Subtract (-), var, Variable statement, void See also: Cross-references: ECMA 262 edition 2 section 12.2 ECMA 262 edition 3 section 12.2 Assignment operator (Definition) An operator that causes an assignment as a by-product. Availability: ECMAScript edition 2 Here is a table summarizing the assignment operators, most of which can be secondarily classified as members of other operator categories: