How does this work?

Question

how does 22 get printed?

shouldn't it be 6+7+8 = 21 ?

int a =5;
int j = ++a + ++a + ++a;
printf("%d",j);

Answer 1

Shane Umayanga

In Java/PHP it is giving 21

Answer 2

undefined behavior..u cant expect same result from different compiler

Answer 3

🅰🅹 (16 * 7 Available) yes, I figured it is something with c
see here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/340282/i-i-i-in-c