Chapter 5, Problem 1RQE

To _______ a value means to increase it by one.

Program Description Answer

In general,“increment” means increase the value of the variable by 1.

Explanation of Solution

Unary operator:

Unary operators such as “++” and “--” are used to increment and decrement the values stored in the variables.

Increment operator “++”:

Increment operator is used to increment or increase the value of the variable by “1”.

Example:

The following three statements are used to increment the variable “val” by “1”.

//the variable val is increased by 1

val = val + 1;

//the variable val is increased by 1

val += 1;

//the variable val is increased by 1

val++;