Categories: Operators

javascript Operators ++

@March 15, 2008, 1:22 a.m.

++	Firefox/Netscape/NN 2 IE 3 ECMA 1

The increment operator (a unary operator) adds 1 to the current value of a variable expression. You can place the operator in front of or behind the variable for a different effect. When the operator is in front of the variable, the variable is incremented before it is evaluated in the current statement. For example, in the following sequence: var a, b; a = 5; b = ++a;

1 is added to a before being assigned to b. Therefore, both b and a are 6 when these statements finish running. In contrast, in the following sequence: var a, b; a = 5; b = a++;

the addition occurs after a is assigned to b. When these statements complete, b is 5 and a is 6.

This behavior impacts the way for-loop-counting variables are defined and used. Typically, a loop counter that counts upward from a minimum value increments the counter after the statements in the loop have run. Thus, most loop counters place the operator after the counter variable: for (var i = 10; i>=0; i++) {...}

Example

++n n++

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