What is the difference between a ++5 and a 5++

Answer 1

5 is an integer literal and cannot be incremented. Both ++5 and 5++ are wrong. Increment can only be performed on variables (x++, ++i etc.)

Answer 2

You can think that ++x and x++ performs 2 tasks: increments x by 1 and returns x's value.
The difference between ++x and x++ is on: which of these 2 tasks is performed first.

In ++x: x first get's incremented by 1, then it returns x's value.
In x++: first x's value get's returned, then x is incremented by 1.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Isloe Zuber see Seb TheS above answer

Answer 5

so what is the difference between ++x or x++?

Answer 6

1.Priority of x++ is less than all of operator c have .
2. Priority of ++x is greater than all of operator c have.
3. But... they work in same way.