can someone tell me the use of += and -= operators (SOLVED)

[the_short1]

ive seen this in some programs but i do not know how/what it does exactly.... ive looked in turing help under operators... and i searched but no luck in finding it...

[Paul]

hehe...
+= is the same as something:=something + something else
-= is the same as something:=something - something else
so

code:

number:=number+1 %is the same as% number+=1 number:=number-1 %is the same as% number-=1

[the_short1]

that was my first guess.... but i wanted to knwo for sure...(also if it has more uses...)

cool... that little things shaves off lots of code...


Thanks,.. (Feeling Like a Noob)

[naoki]

mebbe it's only in C++ but you could also try

*= and
/=
and see if they work as well

[apomb]

actually in turing , it works quite well ... i was initially going to reply that even (+=) doesn't work .. but i would have made quite a fool of myself , wouldn't i!? any way ... it works

[jonos]

yeah, cervantes uses that a lot and i never understood his code until i understood that. anyways, i wish turing allowed var++ or ++var cause that is SOOOOOO easy. hehe, anyways, everyone go and check out "shadows collide with people" by john frusciante