Decrement in Java
java
Solution
This does nothing :
result = result--;
Because `result--` returns the value of result before it is decremented (contrary to `--result` which returns the value of result after it is decremented). And as the part to the right of `=` is executed before the `=`, you basically decrement result and then, on the same line, set result to the value it had before the decrement, thus canceling it in practice.
So you could write
result = --result;
But if you want to decrement result, simply do
result--;
(or `--result;` but it's very unusual and atypical to use it on its own, don't do it when you don't want to use the result of the expression but simply want to decrement)
Problem
``` int result = 5; result = result--; System.out.println(result); ``` Why is the result equal to 5?