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Operators Assignment Operators

Perl supports the basic equals assignment operator "="

Also, compound operators: $i = $i OPERATOR VALUE

You can mix integer and float values in numeric expressions

Operator	Operation	Example
=	Equals	$i = 42;
+=	Plus-Equals	$i += 2;
-=	Minus-Equals	$i -= 2;
*=	Times-Equals	$i *= 2.0;
/=	Divide-Equals	$i /= 2.0;
%=	Modulus-Equals	$i %= 3;
**=	Power-Equals	$i **= 2;
<<=	Shift-Left-Equals	$i <<= 2;
>>=	Shift-Right-Equals	$i >>= 2;
&=	AND-Equals	$i &= 2;
|=	OR-Equals	$i |= 2;
^=	NOT-Equals	$i ^= 2;