Assigning values to C and C++ variables

To assign a value to a C and C++ variable, you use an assignment expression. Assignment expressions assign a value to the left operand. The left operand must be a modifiable lvalue. An lvalue is an expression representing a data object that can be examined and altered.

C contains two types of assignment operators: simple and compound. A simple assignment operator gives the value of the right operand to the left operand.

Note: Only the assignment operators that work for C will work for C++, that is, there is no support for overloaded operators.
The following example demonstrates how to assign the value of number to the member employee of the structure payroll: 
payroll.employee = number;
Compound assignment operators perform an operation on both operands and give the result of that operation to the left operand. For example, this expression gives the value of index plus 2 to the variable index: 
index += 2

z/OS® Debugger supports all C operators except the tenary operator, as well as any other full C language assignments and function calls to user or C library functions.

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