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Why avoid increment (“++”) and decrement (“--”) operators in JavaScript?
The increment and decrement operators should be avoided since it can lead to unexpected results. Here are some of the conditions:
In an assignment statement, it can lead to unfavorable results:
Example
<html> <body> <script> var a = 5; var b = ++a; var c = a++; var d = ++c; document.write(a); document.write("\r"+b); document.write("\r"+c); document.write("\r"+d); </script> </body> </html>
Output
Whitespace between the operator and variable can also lead to unexpected results:
a = b = c = 1; ++a ; b -- ; c;
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