Java™ How To Program (Early Objects), Tenth Edition

Section 4.13 Increment and Decrement Operators

• The unary increment operator, ++, and the unary decrement operator, --, add 1 to or subtract 1 from the value of a numeric variable (p. 131).

• An increment or decrement operator that’s prefixed (p. 131) to a variable is the prefix increment or prefix decrement operator, respectively. An increment or decrement operator that’s postfixed (p. 131) to a variable is the postfix increment or postfix decrement operator, respectively.

• Using the prefix increment or decrement operator to add or subtract 1 is known as preincrementing or predecrementing, respectively.

• Preincrementing or predecrementing a variable causes the variable to be incremented or decremented by 1; then the new value of the variable ...