Hello! Docs state that “assignment operator assigns a variable with a literal”, but it does not seem to be correct.
Better to say “assignment operator assigns a variable with a value”.
Reference:
C++ supports `+`, `-`, `*`, `/`, `(` and `)` and `%` to form expressions.
The result from the operation between two integers is also an integer.
`5 / 2` will return `2`.
When one of the involved types is a floating-point type, the result will also be of a floating-point.
`5.0 / 2` and `5 / 2.0` will return `2.5`.
`%` is the remainder operator and will return the remainder of an integer division: `5%3` is `2`.
## Assignment operator
The assignment operator assigns a variable with a literal.
Always takes place from right to left, and never the other way around.
```cpp
int length = 5;
int width = 2;
length = width;
```
Here integer value `5` is assigned to the variable `length`.
Then integer value `2` is assigned to variable `width`.
(This doc is replicated 2 other places)
As a native English speaker, the assignment operator assigns a value to a variable is much easier to parse. You are assigned to do something, but you assign someone with something to do another something.
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