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authorNobuyoshi Nakada <[email protected]>2022-04-25 23:49:58 +0900
committerNobuyoshi Nakada <[email protected]>2022-04-25 23:50:49 +0900
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@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ example assigns the number five to the local variable +v+:
Assignment creates a local variable if the variable was not previously
referenced.
+An assignment expression result is always the assigned value, including
+{assignment methods}[rdoc-ref:syntax/assignment.rdoc@Assignment+Methods].
+
== Local Variable Names
A local variable name must start with a lowercase US-ASCII letter or a
@@ -342,6 +345,9 @@ This prints:
local_variables:
@value: 42
+Note that the value returned by an assignment method is ignored whatever,
+since an assignment expression result is always the assignment value.
+
== Abbreviated Assignment
You can mix several of the operators and assignment. To add 1 to an object