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After I have added 'sum++' to the code, the output has changed from 5 to 7, I wonder why?

'Keyboard.readInput()' is to read user input. In this case, the input are 3, 2, and -1 to stop the loop.



C#
public class MyProgram
{
    public void start()
    {
        int sum = 0;
        System.out.println("Enter number: ");
        int num = Integer.parseInt(Keyboard.readInput());

        while (num >= 0)
        {
            sum = sum + num;
            System.out.print("Enter number: ");
            num = Integer.parseInt(Keyboard.readInput());
            sum++;
        }

        System.out.println("Sum: " + sum);
    }
}
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To understand, just cycle the while loop, and you will see that:
first loop, num = 3
sum = sum + num  // sum becomes 3
sum++ // sum becomes 4


second loop, num = 2
sum = sum + num // sum becomes 6
sum++ // sum becomes 7
 
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_Asif_ 10-Jul-14 2:43am    
+5 :)
Peter Leow 10-Jul-14 5:24am    
Thank you, Asif.
there is nothing to wonder, Only you need to know what is increment operator and what it does.
read few article/tutorials about this operator and try to learn
Assignment, Arithmetic, and Unary Operators[^]
Java increment & decrement operator[^]
 
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