What is x after “x = x++”?

Question

What happens (behind the curtains) when this is executed?

int x = 7;
x = x++;

That is, when a variable is post incremented and assigned to

Answer 1

When you re-assign the value for x it is still 7. Try x = ++x and you will get 8 else do

x++; // don't re-assign, just increment
System.out.println(x); // prints 8