The Pre-decrement operator (--operand) is used for decrementing the value of the variable by 1 before assigning the variable value.
#include < stdio.h >
int main(){
int x = 100, y;
y = --x; //pre-decrememt operators -- first decrements the value and then it is assigned
printf("y = %d\n", y); // Prints 99
printf("x = %d\n", x); // Prints 99
return 0;
}
The Post-decrement operator (operand--) is used for decrementing the value of a variable by 1 after assigning the variable value.
#include < stdio.h >
int main(){
int x = 100, y;
y = x--; //post-decrememt operators -- first assigns the value and then it is decremented
printf("y = %d\n", y); // Prints 100
printf("x = %d\n", x); // Prints 99
return 0;
}
