<section|Terminology>
<\description-compact>
+ <item*|assignment>An expression in which a variable is set to a value.
+ For example, in the expression <hgroup|<cpp|x = 1>>, the variable <cpp|x>
+ is set to the value <cpp|1> because <cpp|x> is to the left of the equals
+ sign \ \P<cpp|=>\Q. The value of the entire expression is equal to the
+ value of the left hand side (i.e. <cpp|x> in this example) after the
+ assignment is performed. For example, the following C code will print
+ \P<cpp|true>\Q:
+
+ <\cpp-code>
+ #include \<less\>stdio.h\<gtr\>
+
+ int main() {
+
+ \ \ int c;
+
+ \ \ if( (c = 7) == 7 )
+
+ \ \ \ \ printf("true");
+
+ \ \ else
+
+ \ \ \ \ printf("false");
+
+ };
+ </cpp-code>
+
+ As another example, the following lines are equivalent:
+
+ <\cpp-code>
+ a = b = c = 0;
+
+ a = ( b = ( c = 0 ) );
+ </cpp-code>
+
<item*|declaration<label|term declaration>>A construct that establishes
an association between a particular variable, function, or type and its
attributes. (See <hlink|cppreference.com|https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/declarations>
<associate|func getchar|<tuple|1.2.1|?>>
<associate|func putchar|<tuple|3|?>>
<associate|ref includehelp-oct-hex|<tuple|1.1.1|?>>
- <associate|term declaration|<tuple|1.1|?>>
+ <associate|term declaration|<tuple|assignment|?>>
<associate|term definition|<tuple|declaration<label|term declaration>|?>>
<associate|term enumeration|<tuple|definition<label|term definition>|?>>
<associate|term escape_sequence|<tuple|enumeration<label|term