Examples of Increment and Decrement Operators
<html> <head> <title>JavaScript Unleashed</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javaScript"> <!-- var i = 0; var result = 0 document.write("If i = 0, "); document.write("i returns the value of i"); document.write(" after incrementing : "); // Increment prefix result = ++i; document.write(result); i = 0; document.write("<br>i++ returns the value of i"); document.write(" before incrementing : "); // Increment suffix result = i++; document.write(result); i = 0; document.write("<br>--i returns the value of i"); document.write(" after decrementing : "); // Decrement prefix result = --i; document.write(result) i = 0; document.write("<br>i-- returns the value of i"); document.write(" before decrementing : "); // Decrement suffix result = i--; document.write(result); // --> </script> </body> </html>