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

when a is 5, then a++ gives a 5 to the expression and increments a afterwards, while ++a increments a before passing the number to the expression (which gives a 6 to the expression in this case).

So you calculate

i = 6 + 7 + 7
i = 5 + 7 + 8