Thread: Little question about postfix and prefix

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    Unhappy Little question about postfix and prefix

    I thought this code:
    Code:
    {           int	myInt;
                 myInt = 5;
                 printf( "myInt++ ---> %d\n\n++myInt ---> %d", myInt++, ++myInt);
    }
    will yield:

    "myInt++ ---> 5

    ++myInt ---> 7"

    but it actually gave:

    "myInt++ ---> 6

    ++myInt ---> 7"

    with a warning: operation on 'myInt' may be undefined.

    Can some one help me out? I'm so confused by the result and the warning message.

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    Read this C FAQ on expressions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Changing a variable more than once in a single statement is undefined.

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    Thank you guys very much.

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