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Java Java Objects Harnessing the Power of Objects Incrementing and Decrementing

Posted by Maryam Kamar
Maryam Kamar
2,549 Points

why are we decrementing the dispenser with "--" instead of just doing "-="?

because the teacher said that doing "--" returns what the value 'used to be' and then it increments -- why do we need to do that if we are taking PEZ out. wouldn't it make more sense to simply minus 1 each time with a "-="?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

As used here, the return value is ignored so there's no functional difference between pezCount -= 1 and
pezCount--. The choice of the latter is probably only due to the fact that it takes up less space in the code.

Maryam Kamar
Maryam Kamar
2,549 Points

thank you so much!