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reply Inc Test

Posted by Pritpal Singh on December 20, 2000 at 2:13 AM

Your problem is u r using post increment operator
actually it assigns value first to variable "i" and then increment it
the result is 10

i.e. i = i++ means
i = 10
and in memory increase it by 1 after that initialization

if u use ++i you will get 11 as answer

> Hi
> can any one please explainf me why the below program is printing 10 insted of 11
> public class incTest
> {
> public static void main(String [] arg)
> {
> int i = 10;
> i = i++;
> System.out.println(i);
> }

> }
> Thanx & Regard
> Ramesh