From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!alb Newsgroups: net.lang.c Title: Re: Re: order of evaluation parse date s - (nf) Article-I.D.: alice.1563 Posted: Thu Mar 3 15:46:56 1983 Received: Tue Mar 8 07:28:14 1983 References: uiucdcs.1579 i = 4; i = i++; Regardless of whether the increment of the assignment comes first, i == 5 afterwards. Think: If the increment comes first: i++ (so i == 5) i = i (so i == 5) If the assignment comes first: i = i (so i == 4) i++ (so i == 5)