what could be the output of below snippet

Question

int x = 5;
int y = x-- - 1;

System.out.println(x);
System.out.println(y);

Answer 1

for better understanding, you have to treat like

int x=5;
int y=(x--)-1;

x having post decrement, so first it's excutes
y= x-1;
then it's excutes x=x-1;

System.out.println(x); //4
System.out.println(y); //4

Answer 2

The otput values of bot are 4.
But you can try these snippest on some internet online compilator. for example
http://ideone.com/

Answer 3

4