assignment the assignment operators place data within variable the simple assignment operator appears in previous of the bookbut python offers number of other interesting assignment operators that you can use these other assignment operators can perform mathematical tasks during the assignment processwhich makes it possible to combine assignment with math operation table - describes the assignment operators for this particular tablethe initial value of myvar in the example column is table - python assignment operators operator description example assigns the value found in the right oper and to the left operand myvar results in myvar containing +adds the value found in the right operand to the value found in the left operand and places the result in the left operand myvar + results in myvar contain ing -subtracts the value found in the right operand from the value found in the left operand and places the result in the left operand myvar - results in myvar contain ing *multiplies the value found in the right oper and by the value found in the left operand and places the result in the left operand myvar * results in myvar contain ing /divides the value found in the left operand by the value found in the right operand and places the result in the left operand myvar / results in myvar contain ing %divides the value found in the left operand by the value found in the right operand and places the remainder in the left operand myvar % results in myvar contain ing **determines the exponential value found in the left operand when raised to the power of the value found in the right operand and places the result in the left operand myvar ** results in myvar contain ing //divides the value found in the left operand by the value found in the right operand and places the integer (whole numberresult in the left operand myvar // results in myvar contain ing