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Assignments

An assignment passes the content of a source to a target data object. A source can be one of the following:

• Data objects

• Return values or results of functional methods, of predefined functions and of constructor expressions, or of table expressions

• Results of calculation expressions

The following sections describe the operators, rules, and key words where the assignment of source values to target data objects is of significance.

• =, Assignment Operator

• Assignment and Conversion Rules

• Assigning Structure Components

• Assigning References

• Los Assignments

• Special Assignments

• Initializations

Assignments also occur in the writer positions of many other statements, however, in which the assignment rules also apply.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

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= - Assignment Operator

Assignment and Conversion Rules

Assigning Components

Assigning References

Lossless Assignments

Special Assignments

Initializations