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Meaning of an assignment statement
Describe what is meant by an assignment statement in a program.
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- 1 Explains that a value is assigned to a variable.
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An assignment statement gives a value to a variable.
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It changes something in the program.
This does not say that a value is given to or stored in a variable, which is the relationship this definition needs.