= (Assignment) The Assignment operator is perhaps the simplest and most commonly used of all of the operators. It is used within a variable, for example, to assign the following variable to the preceeding variable name. Examine the syntax below to see how it is used. syntax: variableName = value EXAMPLE variableOne = 20 & 30; The example shows the assignment operator being used within a variable, named variableOne, the contents of which is a simple AND operation between two numbers.