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title: Compound Assignment With Augmented Division
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## Compound Assignment With Augmented Division

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Computers read from left to right. So, using the '/=' operator means that the variable is divided with the number on the right, then the variable is assigned to the quotient. Like so:

    var d = 10;
    d /= 5; // Now, 'd' is equal to 2