Operator	Description
==	true if the two values are equal.
!=	true if the two values are not equal.
<	true if the value of the operand on the left is less than the value on the right.
>	true if the value of the operand on the left is greater than the value on the right.
>=	true if the value of the operand on the left is greater than or equal to the value on the right.
<=	true if the value of the operand on the left is less than or equal to the value on the right.
<=>	0 if the value of the operand on the left is equal to the value on the right, 1 if the value of the operand on the left is greater than the value on the right, -1 if the value of the operand on the left is less than the value on the right.

Simple Assignment

= is a simple assignment. It creates a new local variable if the variable was not previously referenced.

x = 3
y = 4 + 5
puts "x is #{x}, y is #{y}"

This will output:

x is 3, y is 9

Parallel Assignment

Variables can also be assigned in parallel, e.g. x, y = 3, 9. This is especially useful for swapping values:

x, y = 3, 9
x, y = y, x
puts "x is #{x}, y is #{y}"

This will output:

x is 9, y is 3

Abbreviated Assignment

It's possible to mix operators and assignment. For example:

x = 1
y = 2
puts "x is #{x}, y is #{y}"

x += y
puts "x is now #{x}"

Shows the following output:

x is 1, y is 2
x is now 3

Various operations can be used in abbreviated assignment:

Operator	Description	Example	Equivalent to
+=	Adds and reassigns the variable	x += y	x = x + y
-=	Subtracts and reassigns the variable	x -= y	x = x - y
*=	Multiplies and reassigns the variable	x *= y	x = x * y
/=	Divides and reassigns the variable	x /= y	x = x / y
%=	Divides, takes the remainder, and reassigns the variable	x %= y	x = x % y
**=	Calculates the exponent and reassigns the variable	x **= y	x = x ** y