Re: what is the assignment expression return value?

On May 14, 12:16 pm, vlsidesign <ford...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe in C, an assignment expression returns the value of the left
side of the assignment. For example, a = 2, would return 2.

If this is true, is Skill similar? For instance, if I have the
following, a = nil, would it return nil ?

It seems like it would return nil but for different reason than C. I
believe it returns the value of the expression on the right side that
happens to be what is assigned to a.
.

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