Augmented Assignment

New operators

 x += y
 x -= y
 x *= y
 x /= y
 x <<= y
 x >>= y
 x %= y       
 x &= y   
 x |= y       
 x ^= y       
 x **= y      
 

Example

 i = 0
 while i < 100:
     i += 1
 
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