txt: ## -item-assignment-.md
  = (item assignment)
  
  Combined from primary sources listed below.
  
  # [In Operators](#___top "go to top of document")[§](#(Operators)_infix_=_(item_assignment) "direct link")
  
  See primary documentation
  [in context](/language/operators#infix_=_(item_assignment))
  for **infix = (item assignment)**.
  
  ```raku
  sub infix:<=>(Mu $a is rw, Mu $b)
  
  ```
  
  Called the *item assignment operator*. It copies the value of the right-hand side into the Scalar container on the left-hand side.
  
  The item assignment operator should be distinguished from the [list assignment operator](#infix_=_(list_assignment)), which uses the same operator symbol `=` but has a lower precedence. The context of the left-hand side of the `=` symbol determines whether it is parsed as item assignment or list assignment. See the section on [item and list assignment](/language/variables#Item_and_list_assignment) for a comparative discussion of the two assignment types.
  