Assignment operators are used to give values to variables. The assignment operators that are available are as follows:

• Assign: =
• Add and assign: +=
• Subtract and assign: -=
• Multiply and assign: *=
• Divide and assign: /=
• Modulus and assign: %=

As with the arithmetic operators, add and assign may be used with strings, arrays, and hashtables. Multiply and assign may be used with strings and arrays.