How many basic operations in this line?

Question

How many basic operations in the line:

int a = b++;

Since b is being incremented by one AND being stored in int a, does that mean there's 2? I just want to make sure because at first I've always considered this to be just one operation.

thanks!

Answer 1

There are two operations, but first operation is =, where value of bis assigned to a and next is increment ++. As you can see it is postincrement and incrementation is side-efect. On the other hand, if it vas preincrement, int a = ++b, first operation would be increment and second assigning that incremented value of b to a.