incrementing array elements

[porchrat]

OK this one is more me asking someone to explain this to me because it doesn't seem intuitive at all:

I encountered some code today that looked sort of like this:

                int[] array = new int[5];
		int pos = 0;
		int value = 1;
		
		
		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
		{
			[B]array[pos++] = value;[/B]
			value++;
		}
		for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
			System.out.println("element " + i + " with value="+array[i]);

The bold section of code is that part I didn't know about. Why is it that 'pos' is incremented only after the assignment is done?

It seems to me like it should be the other way around. That 'pos' should increment first and then the assignment should happen. This would mean that in the first iteration pos would increment to 1 and the first value would instead be assigned to element [1] in the array not [0].

Why does it increment afterwards?

[masijade]

That is called the post increment operator, which means the original is value is evaluated in that position. As soon as it is evaluated, the value is then incremented.

If you want it incremeneted first then you need pre increment operator, i.e.

++pos

rather than

pos++

.

[porchrat]

That is called the post increment operator, which means the original is value is evaluated in that position. As soon as it is evaluated, the value is then incremented.

If you want it incremeneted first then you need pre increment operator, i.e.

++pos

rather than

pos++

.

Oh that makes sense. Duh.

Sorry that was a rather stupid question.

I normally don't run into that because I always increment on a separate line :p

Thanks for the explanation.