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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;
Updated on: 2020-06-15T05:41:11+05:30
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