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public class Class1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int myFirstNumber =20;
        int mySecondNumber=10;
        System.out.println(myFirstNumber+++mySecondNumber);
    }
}

mySecondNumber should have been incremented to 11, thus making the sum 31

Komal12
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Chronic Procrastinator
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    Why do you think "myFirstNumber+++mySecondNumber" means "myFirstNumber+(++mySecondNumber)" and not "(myFirstNumber++)+mySecondNumber"? What's your proof? The output already disproves you. – Tom Jan 16 '18 at 10:29

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It's the Java parser interpreting

+++

as (myFirstNumber++)+, rather than +(++mySecondNumber)

We use the term greedy to describe that behaviour; i.e. the parser consumes as much of the input as it can in order to form a meaningful expression.

Be assured, that after the println, myFirstNumber will be 21.

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