In Scala, is assignment operator “=” a method call?

Question

As per Scala book, \"Programming In Scala\" -

Scala is an object-oriented language in pure form: every value is an object and every operation is a method call

Answer 1

Nope. Assignment operator (=) is a reserved word. Also the below are:

_ : = => <- <: <% >: # @

For a more comprehensive list refer § 1.1. Some more information regarding = is described in § 6.12.4.

So yes it is not a method call.