.. _consider-using-augmented-assign:

consider-using-augmented-assign / R6104
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**Message emitted:**

``Use '%s' to do an augmented assign directly``

**Description:**

*Emitted when an assignment is referring to the object that it is assigning to. This can be changed to be an augmented assign.
Disabled by default!*

.. caution::
  This message is disabled by default. To enable it, add ``consider-using-augmented-assign`` to the ``enable`` option.


**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/c/consider-using-augmented-assign/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/c/consider-using-augmented-assign/good.py
   :language: python

**Configuration file:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/c/consider-using-augmented-assign/pylintrc
    :language: ini





.. note::
  This message is emitted by the optional :ref:`'code_style'<pylint.extensions.code_style>`
  checker, which requires the ``pylint.extensions.code_style`` plugin to be loaded.

Created by the `code_style <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/pylint/extensions/code_style.py>`__ checker.