Assignment operators are used to give values to variables. The assignment operators available are the following:
- Assign:
= - Add and assign:
+= - Subtract and assign:
-= - Multiply and assign:
*= - Divide and assign:
/= - Modulus and assign:
%=
As with the arithmetic operators, add and assign may be used with strings, arrays, and hashtables. Multiply and assign may be used with strings and arrays.
The assignment operator (=) is used to assign values to variables and properties, for example, assignment to a variable:
$variable = 'some value' Or we might change the PowerShell window title by assigning a new value to its property:
$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'PowerShell window' The add and assign operator (+=) operates in a similar manner to the addition operator. The following example assigns the value 1 to a variable, then += is used to add 20 to that value:
$i = 1
$i += 20The preceding example is equivalent to writing the following:
$i = 1...