operator precedence

[uzma Akbar]

for (int i = 0; i++ < 2
System.out.print(i);


Can anyone explain that why the output is 12. Why the 2 get printed as it should be rejected at the check and also ++ operator has higher precedence as compared to < so isn't that i is incremented first and then checked for the value.?

Please help as it sounds quite easy but sometimes easy ones are tricky
Thanks
Uzma

[Philippe Saint-Just]

i++ increments i after it has been evaluated.
++i increments it before it's evaluated.

[Naresh Gunda]

for (int i = 0; i++ < 2
System.out.print(i);

i=0
i<2 true , postfix operator, i value becomes 1, s.o.p executed 1 is priented

i=1
i<2 true , postfix operator, i value becomes 2, s.o.p executed 2 is priented

i=2
i<2 false