I am having this problem with precedence of operators. Its with the increment and decrement operators.
int i,j=1;
i=(j++)+(++j)+(j++);this evaluates to 6 instead of 7 . Why does this happen. It would be of great help to me.
Thanks,
comwizz
comwizz 0 Light Poster
iamthwee
j++
means j == j +1
but ++j means add one before u do the next thing i thinks.
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JoBe 36 Posting Pro in Training
j++ means j == j +1
I think you ment j = j + 1 right :?:
Rashakil Fol 978 Super Senior Demiposter Team Colleague
I am having this problem with precedence of operators. Its with the increment and decrement operators.
int i,j=1; i=(j++)+(++j)+(j++);this evaluates to 6 instead of 7 . Why does this happen. It would be of great help to me.
Thanks,
comwizz
It looks like you're expecting the expression (j++)+(++j)+(j++) to be evaluated from left to right. The C standard does not require this. Because you are modifying your variable j more than once in the same expression, the behavior is undefined.
comwizz 0 Light Poster
It looks like you're expecting the expression (j++)+(++j)+(j++) to be evaluated from left to right. The C standard does not require this. Because you are modifying your variable j more than once in the same expression, the behavior is undefined.
Even if we evaluate from the right for j=1 the expression will be evaluated like 1 + 3 + 3 and will still turn out to be 7. Do you mean that theres no conventional way of how to evaluate this expression?? If there is a way please do tell me.
Thanks,
comwizz.
Rashakil Fol 978 Super Senior Demiposter Team Colleague
Even if we evaluate from the right for j=1 the expression will be evaluated like 1 + 3 + 3 and will still turn out to be 7.
You have no guarantee of when the increments happen. They could happen in the middle of the expression (as when you evaluate left-to-right or something), or they could happen after, or whenever. (k = j++ + j++) might be treated equally as either k = j + j; j += 2; or k = j; j += 1; k += j; j += 1; You need to separate your expression into multiple statements. For another example: Is y[i] = ++i; equivalent to y[i] = i; i += 1; or y[i + 1] = i; i += 1; ?
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