Object Pascal - Assignment: :=

The assignment operator is used to assign a value to a variable. it can be used for any data type with the only condition that the first parameter (left side) must be a value receiver, for example a variable. depending on the programming language can be different terms for the assignment of values to the variables, for example depending on the type.

:=

Description

var :=expression;

Used keywords: :=

Input

var - value receiver
expression - Expressions

Examples

Object Pascal

Assignment the possible of use:

x := 1.234;         // x = 1.234
y := x * 3.14;      // y = 3.87476
if y<5 then
   y := y/ 3.14;    // y = 1.234

Object Pascal

Other pieces of example codes:

if x>$abc then
  y := x / $a;    // y = 466

a := 4 >= 2;

i:=10;

z := (x+y+30)+3;

z := (x * 2 div y +5);

y:= false;

Assignment in another programming language:

Differences to: