Assignment Statement¶
Syntax¶
Figure 1 shows the syntax diagram for assigning a value to a variable.
Figure 1 assignment_value::=¶
The above syntax diagram is explained as follows:
variable_name indicates the name of a variable.
value can be a value or an expression. The type of value must be compatible with the type of variable_name.
Examples¶
DECLARE
emp_id INTEGER := 7788; --Assignment
BEGIN
emp_id := 5; --Assignment
emp_id := 5*7784;
END;
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