difference between c++; and ++c;

[Norman Diamond]

In article <3614 at texsun.Central.Sun.COM> terryh at ukcsd.uk.sun.com (Terry Heatlie - Sun UK - Tech Support ) writes:
>|> >   i++;	  "Save the current value of i, increment i then discard
>|> >	   the value just saved"
>|> >   ++i;   "Increment i then discard the resulting value"
>|>     i += 1;	"Increment i."
>
>Of course the value of i+=1 is 1,

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W   W   W    R   R    O    O    NN  N    G  G
 W W W W     RRRR     O    O    N  NN    G    G
  W   W      R   R     OOOO     N   N     GGGG

>so this is really "increment i and discard the resulting value"
(Yes, but.)
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