Explain assignment in count increment example

Zadri415 · Zadri415 · commit 7995c8dc09bf · 2025-10-14T20:50:58.000+01:00
diff --git a/Sprint-1/1-key-exercises/1-count.js b/Sprint-1/1-key-exercises/1-count.js
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ count = count + 1;
 
 // Line 1 is a variable declaration, creating the count variable with an initial value of 0
 // Describe what line 3 is doing, in particular focus on what = is doing
+// The = sign means assignment. It takes whatever is on the right side, works it out, and then stores that result into a variable on the left. So count = count + 1 means take the current value of count, add 1, and then save that back into count.

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ count = count + 1;`
`4`	`4`
`5`	`5`	`// Line 1 is a variable declaration, creating the count variable with an initial value of 0`
`6`	`6`	`// Describe what line 3 is doing, in particular focus on what = is doing`
	`7`	`+// The = sign means assignment. It takes whatever is on the right side, works it out, and then stores that result into a variable on the left. So count = count + 1 means take the current value of count, add 1, and then save that back into count.`