For visual understanding,lets recall the definition of a variable: "A variable is a memory location holding some value"
In the above question,we are discussing operations on only one variable "b".As stated in mail below,we will be doing prefix operations first as a general rule.when we do ++b it will increment the value at the same memory location where previous value of b is stored.Again ++b increments the value at same location.Hence,effectively,b is now 5.now we will multiply and get 25.Precedence of operators also assigns higher priority to ++ than *. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:57 PM, anuj agarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > This will be same as: > b=b+1; > b=b+1; > a=b*b; > > Basically, all prefix increment and decrement operators will be executed > first. Similarly all postfix operators will be executed at last. > > Anuj Agarwal > Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Vishal Thanki <[email protected]>wrote: > >> you may want to read: http://c-faq.com/expr/seqpoints.html >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:19 PM, himanshu kansal >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > a=++b*++b; >> > if b=3 initially, then a is coming out to be 25.....why???? >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Regards, Ashish -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
