Chapter 9. Arithmetic and Assignment Operators

You will learn the following in this chapter:

• What arithmetic operators are

• What an assignment operator is

• What a unary operator is

• What a binary operator is

• What operator precedence is

• How to change operator precedence

This chapter explores the various assignment operators that are available in Visual Basic .NET. First, it discusses the operators that are used in arithmetic expressions. After that, it explains the assignment operators. You have used the assignment operator in numerous programs already, but as you'll learn in this chapter, there are some very useful variations that you need to know about.