Assignment Statement

Description

An assignment statement assigns a value to a variable. An assignment can be used whenever an expression is expected, and multiple assignments can be done in a single statement.

In Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux 3.2 and earlier, assignments are not expressions and cannot be cascaded.

Beginning with Endpoint Privilege Management for Unix and Linux 3.5+, assignments are expressions and can be cascaded anywhere an expression occurs.

Syntax

list[n] = expression;

An expression can be a constant, variable, or complex equation.

var1 = var2 = var3 ... = value;

var1, var2, and var3 are assigned values.

IntegerString = "1234";
StringList = {"User1", "User2", "User3"};
Counter = 1;
TotalUsers = 5;
CurrentUsers = 3;
InactiveUsers = TotalUsers - CurrentUsers;
userString = user;
runuser = "root";
list1 = {"a1", "a2", "a3"};
list2 = list1;
list2[0] = "l1"

InactiveUsers is set to 2 (5 – 3)
userString = user; sets userString to the submitting user.
runuser = "root"; sets runuser to root.
list2[0] = "l1" causes list1 to still be {"a1", "a2", "a3"}, list2 has the value of
{"l1", "a2", "a3"}

a = b = c = d = 0;