Java Tutorial 8 - Increment and Decrement Operators

Increment and Decrement Operators

Assume i is 1.
int i = 1;

Operator Name Example
++i preincrement int j = ++i; // j is 2, i is 2
i++ postincrement int j = i++; // j is 1, i is 2
--i predecrement int j = --i; // j is 0, i is 0
i-- postdecrement int j = i--; // j is 1, i = 0;