How do the post increment (i++) and pre increment (++i) operators work in Java?

Question

Can you explain to me the output of this Java code?

int a=5,i;

i=++a + ++a + a++;
i=a++ + ++a + ++a;
a=++a + ++a + a++;

System.out.println(a);
System.out.p         


        

Answer 1

In the above example

int a = 5,i;

i=++a + ++a + a++;        //Ans: i = 6 + 7 + 7 = 20 then a = 8 

i=a++ + ++a + ++a;        //Ans: i = 8 + 10 + 11 = 29 then a = 11

a=++a + ++a + a++;        //Ans: a = 12 + 13 + 13 = 38

System.out.println(a);    //Ans: a = 38

System.out.println(i);    //Ans: i = 29