Don't increment the same variable multiple times in one statement

This tip submitted by sidra on 2010-01-31 15:15:39. It has been viewed 1710 times.
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Don't write code like this! It is hard to read and might not always work as you expect, as it depends on the code generated by the compiler:

printf("%d%d%d",a++,a,++a);

Instead be clear about the order you want the increments to happen:

printf("%d",a++)
printf("%d",a)
printf("%d",++a)

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