**Assignment operators** are used to assign a value to a variable.The most commonly used assignment operator is **=**. 

Assignment operators are always **in-fix**.

| operator    | description    | example    |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  **+=**   | It adds the right operand to the left operand and stores the result in the left operand.    | x += y is equivalent to          x = x + y    |
|  **-=**   | It subtracts the right operand from the left operand and stores the result in the left operand.    |  x -= y is equivalent to x = x - y  |
| ***=**    | It multiplies the right operand with the left operand and stores the result in the right operand.    | x *= y is equivalent to x = x * y      |
| **/=**    | It divides the left operand by the right operand and stores the result in the left operand.    | x /= y is equivalent to x = x / y      |
|  **%=**   | It takes the module of the left operand and, using the right operand, stores the result in the left operand.    | x %= y is equivalent to x = x % y      |
|  ****=**   |  It raises the exponential power of the left operand to the value of the right operand, storing the result in the left operand.   |  x **= y is equivalent to x = x ** y     |

# assignment operators
x = 5
y = 6

print ('x = ',x,' and y = ',y)
x += y ## equivalent to x = x + y
print ('x += y is equal to ',x)

print ('x = ',x,' and y = ',y)
x -= y ## equivalent to x = x - y
print ('x -= y is equal to ',x)

print ('x = ',x,' and y = ',y)
x *= y ## equivalent to x = x * y
print ('x *= y is equal to ',x)

print ('x = ',x,' and y = ',y)
x /= y ## equivalent to x = x / y
print ('x /= y is equal to ',x)

print ('x = ',x,' and y = ',y)
x %= y ## equivalent to x = x % y
print ('x %= y is equal to ',x)

print ('x = ',x,' and y = ',y)
x **= y ## equivalent to x = x % y
print ('x **= y is equal to ',x)


What are assignment operators in Python?

Types of assignment operators

Example

operator	description	example
+=	It adds the right operand to the left operand and stores the result in the left operand.	x += y is equivalent to x = x + y
-=	It subtracts the right operand from the left operand and stores the result in the left operand.	x -= y is equivalent to x = x - y
*=	It multiplies the right operand with the left operand and stores the result in the right operand.	x = y is equivalent to x = x y
/=	It divides the left operand by the right operand and stores the result in the left operand.	x /= y is equivalent to x = x / y
%=	It takes the module of the left operand and, using the right operand, stores the result in the left operand.	x %= y is equivalent to x = x % y
**=	It raises the exponential power of the left operand to the value of the right operand, storing the result in the left operand.	x = y is equivalent to x = x y