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Hi javarachers



The output for the above is :1,0
I was expecting as 0,1.
My understanding was,post increment is always done after the end of statement.but in the above code inceremented i value is passed to m(i) before the and of statement.
The above code is from link and question number 22web page

Please can anyone explain the above.

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shakunthala Divakar
 
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Howdy Shakunthala!

One of your first posts, what?

Welcome to the ranch!



your problem of understanding seems to be in the second line of these:
int i = 0;
i = i++ + m(i);
System.out.print(i);

this combined operations are evaluated from left to right, so first

now m runs with the argument 1.
It first prints this 1 (first output is one and the comma)
and returns 0.
The 0 is added to the "old" i (still 0) so i = 0 + 0 = 0
And this is the second output (zero).

Note that always
i=i++;
will never change the value of i, but in between there is a hidden copy of i that is one higher, but after the line it will be lost.



Phew!


Yours,
Bu.
 
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Hi Burkhard Hassel

Thank you very much for spending your precious time.
your reply was very useful for me.

(that was my second post)

Thanks
Shakunthala Divakar
 
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