[Compound Operators]
Description
Decrements the value of a variable by 1.
Syntax
x--; // decrement x by one and returns the old value of x --x; // decrement x by one and returns the new value of x
Parameters
x
: variable. Allowed data types: int
, long
(possibly unsigned).
Returns
The original or newly decremented value of the variable.
Example Code
x = 2; y = --x; // x now contains 1, y contains 1 y = x--; // x contains 0, but y still contains 1
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