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--has purpose to decrement its operand by oneadded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:50.0
is a subtopic of Operators2001-10-19 11:35:50.0
is an instance of arithmetic operatoradded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:50.0
is an instance of postfix operatoradded by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:35:50.0
is an instance of prefix operatoradded by: JK, 2001-10-19 11:35:50.0
is an instance of unary operatoradded by: JK, source: Sun Java Tutorial, 2001-10-19 11:35:50.0
can be used in prefix or postfix form    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
has example
example expressionequivalent longer expression
a--;
b=a--;
--a;
b=--a;
a=a-1;
b=a; a=a-1;
a=a-1;
a=a-1; b=a;
  
source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:35:51.0
unary operator 2001-10-19 11:38:10.0
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operatorevaluates to its result2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
has precedence2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
is part of an expression2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
is evaluated before another operator with lower precedence2001-10-19 11:37:36.0
returns a value called its result2001-10-19 11:37:37.0
syntactic unithas syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
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