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Larissa Ragland
6,653 Pointscan not figure this question out
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Steven Parker
230,867 PointsThe question is asking for the operator that will add to an existing string instead of replacing it like a normal assignment (with "=") would.
The correct one is sometimes called a "concatenating assignment", which is a clue to what it looks like.