Confusion with increment operator [duplicate]

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public class F { int test(int e) { System.out.println("ok"); return e; } public static void main(String[] args) { int y = 8; F f = new F(); int i = f.test(y++); System.out.println(i); } }

the output of this program is 8, which is what I expect.

public class Sa { public static void main(String[] args) { int i = 8; i++; System.out.println(i); } }

For this program, the output is 9, which is surprising: why we are getting different values using the same values and the same increment operator in both programs?

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– zw324, Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 15:29

Nathan Hughes · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 15:33:42Z

y++ post-increments. That means it increments after the expression is evaluated.

When you run

i=f.test(y++)

then the value passed into the test method is the one before the increment took place.

In your other code sample i++ is evaluated by itself so the increment takes place before the println.

Change the code in your first sample to ++y and you should get 9.

wrschneider · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 15:28:29Z

i++ is a postincrement operator, which means that it evaluates to the current value of i and then increments after use.

I would expect

int i = 8 System.out.println(i++); System.out.println(i);

would print 8 then 9.

You might have meant ++i which is preincrement

Suresh Atta · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 15:28:46Z

y++ is post-increment.

It pass the value and then increments.So you are getting the previous value before incrementing.

In second case you are printing the incremented value.

darijan · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-10 15:38:10Z

y++ in the

i=f.test(y++)

is evaluated after the test() method is run. So, the test gets the value 8 and prints 8.

Incrementing it in the Sa class is equal to:

i++; // is equal to i+=1 OR i = i + 1;

But, that is not why we use the incrementation (++). The purpose of it is the side-effect that it has in an expression.

Exactly in your example, you want to pass in the 8, but increment it to 9 after the test has been executed.

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