cript/Reference/Trailing_commas)
    7. [ Deprecated features ](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Deprecated_and_obsolete_features)

##  In this article

  * Try it 
  * Syntax 
  * Description 
  * Examples 
  * Specifications 
  * Browser compatibility 
  * See also 

#  Unsigned right shift assignment (>>>=)

The **unsigned right shift assignment (` >>>= ` ) ** operator performs [
unsigned right shift ](/en-
US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Unsigned_right_shift) on the two
operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

##  Try it

##  Syntax

js

    
    
    x >>>= y
    

##  Description

` x >>>= y ` is equivalent to ` x = x >>> y ` , except that the expression ` x
` is only evaluated once.

##  Examples

###  Using unsigned right shift assignment

js

    
    
    let a = 5; // (00000000000000000000000000000101)
    a >>>= 2; // 1 (00000000000000000000000000000001)
    
    let b = -5; // (-00000000000000000000000000000101)
    b >>>= 2; // 1073741822 (00111111111111111111111111111110)
    
    let c = 5n;
    c >>>= 2n; // 1n
    

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ ECMAScript Language Specification  
#  sec-assignment-operators  ](https://tc39.es/ecma262/multipage/ecmascript-
language-expressions.html#sec-assignment-operators)  
  
##  Browser compatibility

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##  See also

  * [ Assignment operators in the JS guide ](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Expressions_and_operators#assignment_operators)
  * [ Unsigned right shift ( ` >>> ` ) ](/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Unsigned_right_shift)

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