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Pre & post increment operator behavior in C, C++, Java, and C#
The Pre increment and post increment both operators are used as increment operations. The pre increment operator is used to increment the value of some variable before using it in an expression. In the pre increment the value is incremented at first, then used inside the expression.
if the expression is a = ++b; and b is holding 5 at first, then a will hold 6. Because increase b by 1, then set the value of a with it.
Example Code
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
main () {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
cout << a;
}Output
16
Example Code
#include <stdio.h>
main () {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
printf(“%d”, a);
}Output
16
Example Code
public class IncDec {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
System.out.println(“” + a);
}
}Output
16
Example Code
using System;
namespace IncDec {
class Inc {
static void Main() {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
Console.WriteLine(""+a);
}
}
}Output
16
The post increment operator is used to increment the value of some variable after using it in an expression. In the post increment the value is used inside the expression, then incremented by one.
if the expression is a = b++; and b is holding 5 at first, then a will also hold 5. Because increase b by 1 after assigning it into a.
Example Code
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
main () {
int a, b = 15;
a = b++;
cout << a;
cout << b;
}Output
15 16
Example Code
#include <stdio.h>
main () {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
printf(“%d”, a);
printf(“%d”, b);
}Output
15 16
Example Code
public class IncDec {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
System.out.println(“” + a);
System.out.println(“” + b);
}
}Output
15 16
Example Code
using System;
namespace IncDec {
class Inc {
static void Main() {
int a, b = 15;
a = ++b;
Console.WriteLine(""+a);
Console.WriteLine(""+b);
}
}
}Output
15 16
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