Exercise – Which Statements are Syntactically Correct?

Which of the following assignment statements are syntactically correct?

Solution

1. Correct. It assigns the integer value -10 to variable a.
2. Wrong. On the left side of the assignment operator, only one variable can exist.
3. Correct. It increases variable a_b by one.
4. Correct. It assigns the string (the text) COWS to variable a.
5. Correct. It assigns the content of constant COWS to variable a.
6. Wrong. On the left side of the assignment operator, only one variable can exist.
7. Wrong. It should have been written as a = 3 * b (as $a = 3 * $b in PHP).
8. Correct. It assigns the string true to variable a.
9. Correct. It assigns the value true to variable a.
10. Correct. This is equivalent to a = a - b (to $a = $a - $b in PHP).
11. Correct. This is equivalent to a = a + 1 (to $a = $a + 1 in PHP).
12. Wrong. It should have been written as a *= 2 (as $a *= 2 in PHP)