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--- cpp:editing_the_value_of_variables [2014/02/19 21:00]
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 To edit the value of a variable, you use the mathematical operators +, -, /, and *.
+Let's create the variable jimmy and set it to nine :
+''int jimmy = 9;''
+If we want jimmy to to set to 10 we can do the following:
+''jimmy = jimmy + 1;''
+Remember this syntax: [the varaible that you want to change] = [the number or existing varaible] ;
+So ''jimmy'' is the variable you want to change (to ten) and ''jimmy + 1'' is the value that exists. Merely typing ''jimmy + 1'' does not set the value of jimmy to 10 because to change the value of something, you must have the equal sign. It is used the same way in C++ as in mathematicals.
+Because typing ''variable = variable + //x//'' is repetitive and annoying, the creator (all hail Bjarne Stroustrup) made
+<fc #FF0000>Editing in Progress</fc>

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