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x+=a and x=x+a

mantravadi murali
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<pre>
int x;
x = x+0.1;
gives an error.
while......
x += 0.1
doesn't give an error.
Art Metzer
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Hi, Mantravadi.
You don't get any compilation error in the second case because
x += 0.1;
is equivalent to
x = (int) ( x + 0.1 );
Art
 
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