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

I believe however if you combine all of your statements and run it in Java 8.1 you will get a different answer, at least that's what my experience says.

The code will work like this:

int a=5,i;

i=++a + ++a + a++;            /*a = 5;
                                i=++a + ++a + a++; =>
                                i=6 + 7 + 7; (a=8); i=20;*/

i=a++ + ++a + ++a;           /*a = 5;
                                i=a++ + ++a + ++a; =>
                                i=8 + 10 + 11; (a=11); i=29;*/

a=++a + ++a + a++;            /*a=5;
                                a=++a + ++a + a++; =>
                                a=12 + 13 + 13;  a=38;*/

System.out.println(a);        //output: 38
System.out.println(i);         //output: 29