# augmented assignment

> a type of assignment operator where an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to the same variable

**Wikidata**: [Q4820439](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820439)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_assignment)  
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