Why doesn't a character increment in System.out.println()?

Question

char char1 = \'a\';   
System.out.println(char1);      //prints char 1
System.out.println(char1+1);    //prints char 1
System.out.println(char1++);     //prints char         


        

Answer 1

You didn't assign the result of addition char1+1 to char1. So

char1 = char1 + 1;

or

char1 += 1; char1++; are correct.