Why doesn't changing the pre to the post increment at the iteration part of a for loop make a difference?

Question

Why does this

 int x = 2;
    for (int y =2; y>0;y--){
        System.out.println(x + \" \"+ y + \" \");
        x++;
    }

prints the s

Answer 1

Because the value of y is calculated in for statement and the value of x is calculated in its own line, but in the System.out.println they are only referenced.

If you decremented inside System.out.println, you would get different result.

System.out.println(y--);
System.out.println(--y);