1.14. Worked Example: SwapΒΆ
Subgoals for evaluating an assignment statement
Determine resultant data type of expression
Update variable for pre-increment or pre-decrement operators (side effect)
Evaluate arithmetic expression according to operator precedence
If an assignment statement (=), is Left Hand Side (LHS) a variable? Check data type of value against data type of variable.
Update variable for post-increment or post-decrement operators (side effect)
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Consider these declarations.
int x,y,z;
x = 7;
y = 13;
Now consider this code for swapping the values of x and y. Note the need for a third variable to hold the value of x so that it is not lost when assigning the value of y into x.
z = x;
x = y;
y = z;
The diagram below shows the changes in memory after executing each of the six lines of code.
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