# Assignment syntax

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assignment-syntax/108330>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 2, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assignment-syntax/108330 "2007-07-02T12:16:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/assignment-syntax/108330/1 "2007-07-02T12:16:25Z")

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e$B;W$C$?$N$G$9$,!"e(B\*,v = 0 e$B$,e(B syntax error  
e$B$J$N$O0U?^$5$l$?$b$Ne(B  
e$B$G$9$+e(B?

% ./ruby -ve ‘\*,v = 0’  
ruby 1.9.0 (2007-07-02 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux]  
syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘,’  
\*,v = 0  
^  
warning: useless use of a literal in void context