Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
@Niya: I tried your search and came up with a wiki page on Augmented Assignment as the top item. After that it was all Python. I'd say that your search is flawed, though. I believe the term is primarily a Python term. I've certainly never encountered it before.
No it's not a Python term. The official name for operators like += is augmented assignment operator. It's language agnostic.