1.5.2 Unary and Prefix

Prefix operators are operators that are prefixed to an expression.

++operand;
This causes the value of the operand to be incremented by 1. Its new value is then returned.

--operand;
This is the same but the value of the operand is decremented by 1.

!operand
Returns the logical NOT operation on the operand. A true operand returns false, a false operand returns true. Also known as the bang operand.

~operand
Returns the compliment of the operand. The returned value is the operand with its bits reversed (1’s become 0’s, 0’s become 1’s).

Examples:

int bart=7;
printf("%i",--bart);
This outputs the number 6. The value of bart is now 6.

int lisa=1;
printf("%i",!lisa);
This outputs 0 (false).