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What is the difference between equals and equals equals operators?

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This would only be applicable in computer programing.

'=' is the 'assignment' operator. The term 'a=10' would be assigning the value '10' to the variable a.

'==' is the 'equal to' operator. The term 'a==10' would be testing if the value of the variable. It would generally be used in stating a condition in an 'if', 'while' or 'for' statement.

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