I am looking at pseudocode and one part of it is
tentative_g_score := g_score[x] + dist_between(x,y)
I want to know what does the operator := mean?
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1That's just an assignment afaik. Same as `=` in most languages. – Carcigenicate Apr 28 '18 at 13:50
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but in the pseudo code, they also use = so it can't be that – bockdavidson Apr 28 '18 at 13:53
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`=` might be an equality check (`==`). – Carcigenicate Apr 28 '18 at 13:53
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Found by searching "Programming colon equals". – Carcigenicate Apr 28 '18 at 13:55
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blockdavidson - 1) Assignment is the most likely meaning. 2) If it means something else, we would only be able to tell from the **full** context. 3) pseudocode doesn't need to be consistent! – Stephen C Apr 28 '18 at 13:59