Prefix vs. Postfix Increments

[IndifferentDisdain]

I've noticed I've been using a lot of prefix incrementors in code lately (esp. for counters), simple e.g.:

int counter = 0;
foreach (var thing in things) {
thingThatCares.TellMeWhereIAm(++counter);
}

I typically don't see a lot of prefix operands in other folks' code, so I'm wondering if there's a better way of doing things like that, or it's just stylistic, etc.?

[Lost User]

It is better and faster then postfix when you do not need the original value. Although, most modern compilers would optimise a postfix expression for the same reason.

Use the best guess

[PIEBALDconsult]

A very Basic doubt in C operators[^]

[Clifford Nelson]

There should be no difference except that one happens after the operation, the other before. However, in a for loop it does not matter:

for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
Console.Write(i);

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
Console.Write(i);

Yields the same result. However these do not:

for (int i = 0; i < 3;)
Console.WriteLine(i++);

for (int i = 0; i < 3;)
Console.WriteLine(++i);