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Thread: Postfix in array[i++] seems effect my expecting result

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    Default Postfix in array[i++] seems effect my expecting result

    Hi All,
    I have a newbie question which makes me struggle couple hours and search online for nothing. will you please kindly help me on this? i have no one to ask since i am study by my own. thank you for your time and support.

    		char array[] = new char[10];
     
    		for (int i = 0; i < 10;){
    			array[i++] = (char)('A' + i); 
    			System.out.println("char for array is: " + array[0]);
    		}
    I don't understand that in the beginning of the for loop, "i" was init to 0 and (char) ('A' + i) remain 'A' which was assigned to array[0].
    However, the result for array[0] is B. Not A.

    can anyone welling to share the opinion? appreciate for your help.


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    Default Re: Postfix in array[i++] seems effect my expecting result

    You are incrementing i inside the loop. You should try to avoid changing the value of your loop control variable inside the loop as it can have unexpected side effects as you have found out. Increment in the loop header like it should be and it will work.
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    Default Re: Postfix in array[i++] seems effect my expecting result

    Thank you for the suggestion and appreciate for the help. i did try to avoid the increment i in the loop and it works fine.
    if something like non-define element and try to print it out, it may shows unexpected value which i understand. but in my case, i really want to know the reason of storing B in array[0] instead of A.

    and i also remove the loop as follow, same thing happen:
    		char array[] = new char[10];
    	        int i = 0;
    		array[i++] = (char)('A' + i); 
    		System.out.println("char for array is: " + array[0]);
    It will be nice to have the opinion, thanks again and wish the best
    Last edited by sheng8; August 16th, 2014 at 01:02 AM.

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    Default Re: Postfix in array[i++] seems effect my expecting result

    If you write i++ it means you increment the variable i by one.
    This code:
    int i = 0;
    intArray[i++] = i;
    will store the value 1 at position 0 in the array. This is because i is incremented by 1 before its assigned.

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    Default Re: Postfix in array[i++] seems effect my expecting result

    i learn the evaluate left-hand operand first rule, thank you

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