Thread: A simple c++ question..Im a beginner

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    I am just beginning with C++.
    Can you write a basic/ simple program for each, that can show the outcome to.......
    1. Sales * = 4++

    2.Salary/=++4

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    you can't increment a constant like 4 or 21 or 0.89. therefore

    sales *= 4++;

    doesn't compute. However

    sales *= 4;

    expands to

    sales = sales * 4;

    You could do this:

    int sales = 10;
    int variable = 2;
    sales *= variable++; which expands to
    sales = sales * variable++;
    and then do this to view what is in sales and variable
    cout << sales << " *** " variable;
    would print the following to the screen
    20 *** 3


    putting ++ or -- before a variable changes the variable before it is used in the expression, whereas putting ++ or -- after the variable changes the value of the variable after it is used in the expression.

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