C: What is the difference between ++i and i++?

Question

In C, what is the difference between using ++i and i++, and which should be used in the incrementation block of a for loop?

Answer 1

++i: is pre-increment the other is post-increment.

i++: gets the element and then increments it.
++i: increments i and then returns the element.

Example:

int i = 0;
printf("i: %d\n", i);
printf("i++: %d\n", i++);
printf("++i: %d\n", ++i);

Output:

i: 0
i++: 0
++i: 2