Assignment problem

If I write a mathematical algorithm. ( something that might become part of a computer program) and I need to assign a value to a variable. I normally just write something like this "set x to something" or "set x=something"

But in math you have notations for everything. Is there a notation or this?

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Originally Posted by mariusg

If I write a mathematical algorithm. ( something that might become part of a computer program) and I need to assign a value to a variable. I normally just write something like this "set x to something" or "set x=something"
But in math you have notations for everything. Is there a notation or this?

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As far as I know there is no universal agreement on tbis.
However, some computer algebra systems use to mean is assigned the value .