Which operator assigns a value to a variable?

• A. Assignment Operator
• B. Equality Operator
• C. Arithmetic Operator
• D. Bitwise Operator

Answer: (A)

Assigning a value to a variable is done with the assignment operator. It takes the value on the right and stores it in the variable on the left. For example, x = 42 puts 42 into x, creating or updating the variable’s content. Other operators perform computations or comparisons without storing a result by themselves: the equality operator checks if two values are the same and yields true or false; the arithmetic operator does math like addition or subtraction, and the bitwise operator manipulates individual bits. Often you’ll combine them, as in x = x + 5, where the arithmetic operator computes a new value and the assignment operator stores it back into x.