Thread: Need help with operators

Hi!
I'm pretty new to c programming (and to programming itself) and I've stumbled upon something I don't really understand about the ++ operator.

Code:

int z, p;
z = 6;
p = z++;

printf("%d %d", z, p);      //output: "7 6".

As far as I understand, ++ means add 1, so z++ means z = z+1, which in this case would be z = 6 + 1 = 7.
Now, when I see p = z++, I read it as: p = z = z + 1. Now, since the left value of an equation is assigned the right value, I assume that the new z equals 7 and p equals z, so also 7. However, printf shows p as 6 and not 7. So I really don't understand why p is assigned the old value of z (6) and not the new value (7)?

Can anyone explain?
Thanks!

Hey got it, thanks!