diff between += and =+ different output

[marco marco]

public class desk {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int b = 1;
int a =0;
for(int i=0; i< 10; i++){
a =+ b;
// a += b;
}
}
}

Running a =+ b; and then a += b; gives you two different answers.

I know that a =+ b Equivalent to a = a + b

what is a +=b equivalent to ?

Why is that ?

[Keith Lynn]

I believe that what's happening here is the following

a =+ b is not an increment operator.

I believe it is like saying a = (+b).

So we aren't incrementing a.

[ak pillai]

It is a good practice to start your names with uppercase i.e. "Desk" not "desk".

a += b means a = a+b

but a =+ b means a = b;
and a =- b means a = -b;

public class Desk {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        int b = 1;
        int a = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            //a = +b;
            //a = -b;
            a+= b;
        }
        System.out.println("a=" +a );
    }
}

[marco marco]

Great. Thank you for your heplp

[Andrew Monkhouse]

Bit late, but moving this to JiG (Beginners).