You can combine operators such as +, -, and * with the assignment operator

   

$x += 2;
$x -= 2;
$x *= 5;

1.	Demonstrates the difference between pre- and postincrement
2.	Adding a number and a string
3.	Power with **
4.	Minus power
5.	Float power
6.	Left shift
7.	After incrementing
8.	After pre-increment: ++$a * 2
9.	After pre-decrement
10.	Using auto-increment operator for a string with digits
11.	Using auto-increment operator for a string
12.	A program that uses the pre-increment operation.
13.	Post-increment operation.
14.	Operators demo: Arithmetic Operators
15.	Precedence and Associativity
16.	Add 3 to $var; same as $var=$var+3
17.	Subtract 1 from $var
18.	Square $var
19.	Modulus operator
20.	Arithmetic Operators in action
21.	Autoincrement and Autodecrement Operators and Assignment
22.	Numeric Operators
23.	Use parentheses wherever possible to force precedence.
24.	Remainder and power
25.	To force perl to perform an operation of lower precedence first, use brackets
26.	An example of exponentiation
27.	%, the remainder, or 'modulo' operator
28.	The autoincrement operator
29.	Basic Numeric Operations
30.	Increment and Decrement Operations
31.	Increment and Decrement Operators
32.	Basic arithmetic operators.
33.	Built-in Perl Arithmetic Functions
34.	Pre-increment string value

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