From a0549b4a15a7093f990fffa4bc1d2d52ec1c16e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanna Mendes Levitin Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:37:07 -0600 Subject: docs, now with style --- docs/source/lang/cpp/compoundarithmetic.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/lang/cpp/compoundarithmetic.rst (limited to 'docs/source/lang/cpp/compoundarithmetic.rst') diff --git a/docs/source/lang/cpp/compoundarithmetic.rst b/docs/source/lang/cpp/compoundarithmetic.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..420f1db --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/cpp/compoundarithmetic.rst @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-compoundarithmetic: + +Compound Arithmetic Operators (``+=`` , ``-=``, ``*=``, ``/=``) +=============================================================== + +These oparators perform a mathematical operation on a variable with +another constant or variable. These operators are just a convenient +shorthand:: + + x += y; // equivalent to the expression x = x + y; + x -= y; // equivalent to the expression x = x - y; + x *= y; // equivalent to the expression x = x * y; + x /= y; // equivalent to the expression x = x / y; + +Here is an example:: + + int x = 2; + int y = 10; + + x += 4; // x now contains 6 + x -= 3; // x now contains 3 + x *= y; // x now contains 30 + x /= 2; // x now contains 15 + x += max(20, 6); // x now contains 35 + x -= sq(5); // x now contains 15 + +Parameters +---------- + +**x**: a numeric variable + +**y**: a numeric variable, number constant, or any other expression +that evaluates to a number (e.g. call to a function that returns a +number). + +See Also +-------- + +- :ref:`Arithmetic operators ` + + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt -- cgit v1.2.3