Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
2. "a" is not "equals" to 10, the value 10 is assigned to a. This is very important and confusing to newcomers. "=" is the character to assign the right to the left
I don't really understand what you mean. If you're making 10 the value of a, it's the same thing saying a is equal to 10.

Let's say I have a math problem that said "The value of x is 10". I would see it as making x equal to 10.