Difference between pre-increment and post-increment in a loop?

Question

Is there a difference in ++i and i++ in a for loop? Is it simply a syntax thing?

Answer 1

There can be a difference for loops. This is the practical application of post/pre-increment.

        int i = 0;
        while(i++ <= 10) {
            Console.Write(i);
        }
        Console.Write(System.Environment.NewLine);

        i = 0;
        while(++i <= 10) {
            Console.Write(i);
        }
        Console.ReadLine();

While the first one counts to 11 and loops 11 times, the second does not.

Mostly this is rather used in a simple while(x-- > 0 ) ; - - Loop to iterate for example all elements of an array (exempting foreach-constructs here).