Which operator is used for assignment in many programming languages?

• A. Division
• B. Assignment
• C. Equal to
• D. Not equal to

Answer: (B)

The concept here is how you store a value in a variable. The assignment operator writes the value on the right into the variable on the left, so the variable now holds that value and can be used later in the program. For example, x = 5 sets x to 5, and you can then use x in further calculations or outputs. This is different from division, which calculates a quotient, and from comparison operators that check if values are equal or not (often written as == for equality or != for not equal in many languages). So the operator used to give a value to a variable in many languages is the assignment operator.