Increment

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The increment operator is a special case of [[addition]], and adds the fixed value {{Code|literal|1}} to a '''variable'''. This cannot be used on literals or constant variables. This operator is a single instruction by itself and can only be used on one variable at a time. 

== [[FDS]] ==
*{{codeblock|{{tag|variable|number}}{{tag|whitespace}}{{Code|operator|got one more}}{{tag|punctuation}}}}
**Increases the given variable by 1 and returns the variable's previous value.

*{{codeblock|{{Code/experimental|operator|There was one more}}{{tag|whitespace}}{{tag|variable|number}}{{tag|punctuation}}}}
**Increases the given variable by 1 and returns the variable's new value.

*{{codeblock|{{Code/experimental|operator|add}}{{tag|whitespace}}{{tag|value|number}}{{tag|whitespace}}{{code/experimental|operator|to}}{{tag|whitespace}}{{tag|variable|number}}{{tag|punctuation}}}}
**Increases the given variable by the value of the given number.

== Example ==
{{codeblock|{{Code|variable|FiM}}{{Code|whitespace| }}{{Code|operator|got one more}}{{Code|punctuation|.}}{{code|whitespace|<BR
/>}}{{Code/experimental|operator|There was one more}}{{Code|whitespace| }}{{Code|variable|Pinkie Pie}}{{Code|punctuation|.}}{{code|whitespace|<BR
/>}}{{code|keyword|I would}}{{code|whitespace| }}{{code/experimental|operator|add}}{{code|whitespace| }}{{code|literal|15}}{{code|whitespace| }}{{code/experimental|operator|to}}{{code|whitespace| }}{{code|variable|Pinkie Pie}}{{code|punctuation|.}}}}

This adds {{Code|literal|1}} to the variable {{Code|variable|FiM}} and then to {{code|variable|Pinkie Pie}}, and then adds {{code|literal|15}} to {{code|variable|Pinkie Pie}}.

Its Java equivalent is as follows:
{{codeblock|<SOURCE LANG=java>FiM++;
++PinkiePie;
PinkiePie += 15;</SOURCE>}}

== See Also ==
* [[Add]]
* [[Decrement]]
* [[Suffix notation]]

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