lvalue

lvalue

[′el‚val·yü] (computer science) left value

lvalue

(programming)A reference to a location, an expression whichcan appear as the destination of an assignment operatorindicating where a value should be stored. For example, avariable or an array element are lvalues but the constant 42and the expression i+1 are not. A constant string may or maynot be an lvalue (it usually is in C).