Int not increased when incremented in method call

Question

Hi,
Could someone please explain why my int value is not increased in value when the increment is performed within a method call?
private void printString(int i)
if( i > 5)
      System.out.println("Greater than 5!");
else
      printString(i++);
}Thanks

Answer 1

jverd wrote:
masijade. wrote:
It is incremented, just after the print, as pointed out above.No, it's incremented before the printString method is recursively called, but after the argument's value (the value of the expression i++) has been determined.
As it stands, if he calls that method with i <= 5, it will recursively call itself with the same value until the stack blows up.Yes, yes, I know. Stupid me. The print just simply doesn't get the incremented value.
P.S. I didn't realise it was a recursive method. I saw "print" and thought it was simply an SOP (you know what they say, that you see what you expect to see). ;-)