In C# what is the difference between myInt++ and ++myInt?

Question

I\'m having a hard time understanding what the difference is between incrementing a variable in C# this way:

myInt++;

and

Answer 1

Others have shown where it makes a difference, and have commented that as a single statement it doesn't make a difference.

I'd like to add that it's almost always a bad idea to use it where it makes a difference. I suspect there may be some times where it's more readable to have code such as:

Console.WriteLine("Foo: {0}", foo++);

than:

Console.WriteLine("Foo: {0}", foo);
foo++;

... but they're very rare! The latter of these two samples makes the ordering crystal clear immediately - the former requires a bit of thinking (to my poor brain, anyway). Think of the readability first.