Decrement Java

Question

Is there a difference between x-- and --x ?

Answer 1

Yes. --x decrements first and then handles the statement including it. x-- handles the statement first and then decrements x, e.g.:

int x =1;
System.out.println (--x); // prints 0
// value of x is 0 here

int y=1;
System.out.println (y--); // prints 1
// value of y is 0 here

Answer 2

Thank you very much. I have always wondered why my answers in challenges werent correct