Compound Arithmetic Assignment Operators - CSharp Language Basics

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Operator DescriptionNoncompound Equivalent
+=x += 4 x = x + 4
-= x -= 4 x = x ? 4
*=x *= 4 x = x * 4
/=x /= 4 x = x / 4
%=x %= 4 x = x % 4

For example, if you want to increase a value by 5, you use the following: 

x = x + 5;

Or, you can use the compound operator: 

x += 5;

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