Post- Increment for a variable

[M.Sanjay]

Respeted Sir/Madam,
We have a doubt in the following code:-
class Sample
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int i=10;
i=i++;
System.out.println("The value of i is: " + i);
}
}
When I run the program,it is giving the output as 10.
Why so?If I store the result in another variable,it is taking as 11.What is the difference between both the cases?
Thanking you,
M.Sanjay.

[Ajith Kallambella]

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[Ajith Kallambella]

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forum.

[rani bedi]

Do a search in the forum. This question has been discussed earlier.

[Cindy Glass]

The value held in the variable is the value BEFORE the post-increment. The value AFTER the post-increment is being help in "working memory" elsewhere.

[Tim Anderson]

this will do what you want:
i++;