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

Question

I\'ve seen them both being used in numerous pieces of C# code, and I\'d like to know when to use i++ or ++i (i being a number variable

Answer 1

Oddly it looks like the other two answers don't spell it out, and it's definitely worth saying:

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i++ means 'tell me the value of i, then increment'

++i means 'increment i, then tell me the value'

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They are Pre-increment, post-increment operators. In both cases the variable is incremented, but if you were to take the value of both expressions in exactly the same cases, the result will differ.