>>In one of the methods I see the following code
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>>searchValue = searchValue = pi.GetValue(searchCriteriaViewModel);

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>>What does this double = mean here? Is it a typo or has some meaning?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>This seems like a boolean variable. Basically, the searchValue boolean variable would be True if the new value equals the previous value. I have seen something like that before and adjusted the code after as this is highly confusing. Not totally sure if this is the case here but maybe someone else can provide more info.

I don't think it's a boolean variable. It seems to be an object variable with properties.