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		pjmlp on Oct 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What does the ??!??! operator do in C? These days, like since C# 1.0.

tuukkah on Oct 6, 2022 [–]

It's interesting to see the history of any given piece of syntax. This specific one is called augmented assignment or compound assignment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_assignment

+:= in Algol68

=+ in B

+= in C

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