Add documentation about operator assignments

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Add a macro for more convenient definition of contexts including the direct definition of static contexts
  * Add API for value decomposition
  * Allow using context operations in `eval` calls without context
+ * Operator assignment operators for each binary operation (`+=`, `-=`, ...)
 
 ### Removed
 

README.md

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ assert_eq!(eval_empty_with_context_mut("a = 5.0", &mut context), Err(EvalexprErr
 assert_eq!(context.get_value("a"), Some(&Value::from(5)));
 // And use the value in another expression like this
 assert_eq!(eval_int_with_context_mut("a = a + 2; a", &mut context), Ok(7));
+// It is also possible to safe a bit of typing by using an operator-assignment operator
+assert_eq!(eval_int_with_context_mut("a += 2; a", &mut context), Ok(9));
 ```
 
 And you can use **variables** and **functions** in expressions like this:
@@ -144,6 +146,14 @@ Supported binary operators:
 | && | 75 | Logical and |
 | || | 70 | Logical or |
 | = | 50 | Assignment |
+| += | 50 | Sum-Assignment or String-Concatenation-Assignment |
+| -= | 50 | Difference-Assignment |
+| *= | 50 | Product-Assignment |
+| /= | 50 | Division-Assignment |
+| %= | 50 | Modulo-Assignment |
+| ^= | 50 | Exponentiation-Assignment |
+| &&= | 50 | Logical-And-Assignment |
+| ||= | 50 | Logical-Or-Assignment |
 | , | 40 | Aggregation |
 | ; | 0 | Expression Chaining |
 
@@ -183,6 +193,18 @@ assert_eq!(eval_int_with_context("a", &context), Ok(5));
 assert_eq!(context.get_value("a"), Some(5.into()).as_ref());
 ```
 
+For each binary operator, there exists and equivalent operator-assignment operator.
+Here are some examples:
+
+```rust
+use evalexpr::*;
+
+assert_eq!(eval_int("a = 2; a *= 2; a += 2; a"), Ok(6));
+assert_eq!(eval_float("a = 2.2; a /= 2.0 / 4 + 1; a"), Ok(2.2 / (2.0 / 4.0 + 1.0)));
+assert_eq!(eval_string("a = \"abc\"; a += \"def\"; a"), Ok("abcdef".to_string()));
+assert_eq!(eval_boolean("a = true; a &&= false; a"), Ok(false));
+```
+
 #### The Expression Chaining Operator
 
 The expression chaining operator works as one would expect from programming languages that use the semicolon to end statements, like `Rust`, `C` or `Java`.

src/lib.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 //! assert_eq!(context.get_value("a"), Some(&Value::from(5)));
 //! // And use the value in another expression like this
 //! assert_eq!(eval_int_with_context_mut("a = a + 2; a", &mut context), Ok(7));
+//! // It is also possible to safe a bit of typing by using an operator-assignment operator
+//! assert_eq!(eval_int_with_context_mut("a += 2; a", &mut context), Ok(9));
 //! ```
 //!
 //! And you can use **variables** and **functions** in expressions like this:
@@ -131,6 +133,14 @@
 //! | && | 75 | Logical and |
 //! | || | 70 | Logical or |
 //! | = | 50 | Assignment |
+//! | += | 50 | Sum-Assignment or String-Concatenation-Assignment |
+//! | -= | 50 | Difference-Assignment |
+//! | *= | 50 | Product-Assignment |
+//! | /= | 50 | Division-Assignment |
+//! | %= | 50 | Modulo-Assignment |
+//! | ^= | 50 | Exponentiation-Assignment |
+//! | &&= | 50 | Logical-And-Assignment |
+//! | ||= | 50 | Logical-Or-Assignment |
 //! | , | 40 | Aggregation |
 //! | ; | 0 | Expression Chaining |
 //!
@@ -170,6 +180,18 @@
 //! assert_eq!(context.get_value("a"), Some(5.into()).as_ref());
 //! ```
 //!
+//! For each binary operator, there exists and equivalent operator-assignment operator.
+//! Here are some examples:
+//!
+//! ```rust
+//! use evalexpr::*;
+//!
+//! assert_eq!(eval_int("a = 2; a *= 2; a += 2; a"), Ok(6));
+//! assert_eq!(eval_float("a = 2.2; a /= 2.0 / 4 + 1; a"), Ok(2.2 / (2.0 / 4.0 + 1.0)));
+//! assert_eq!(eval_string("a = \"abc\"; a += \"def\"; a"), Ok("abcdef".to_string()));
+//! assert_eq!(eval_boolean("a = true; a &&= false; a"), Ok(false));
+//! ```
+//!
 //! #### The Expression Chaining Operator
 //!
 //! The expression chaining operator works as one would expect from programming languages that use the semicolon to end statements, like `Rust`, `C` or `Java`.