= -- assignment

= -- assignment

x = e -- assigns the value e to the variable x.

x#i = e -- assigns the value e to the i-th member of the array x. Here i must be a nonnegative integer.

x#k = e -- assigns the value e to the key k in the hash table x. Here k can be any expression.

See also:

HashTable -- the class of all hash tables

:= -- assignment to a new local variable

GlobalAssignHook -- hook for assignment to global variables