Assignment operator"=":

The Operator that is used to store a value , string or a computational result in a variable is called an Assignment Operator.In BASIC, the symbol "=" is used for this Operator, such as:

                                variable_name= expression

here expression can be  numeric or string expression such as:

                                a= 10

                                a$="Hello World"

The value to the right side of the operator is assigned  to the variable on the left side of the Assignment Operator.Its statement is also called Assignment Statement.