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[Sionofdarkness]

How are increment and decrement operators used in loops (that's all I know, they're used in loops). But how are they used in loops, and when are they used? Aren't * and / (multiplication and division) operators too?

[WingedPanther]

increment and decrement operators are unary (1 operand) whereas +, -, *, / are binary (2 operands). Increment and decrement are used anywhere you want to quickly and efficiently increase/decrease a value by 1. This occurs frequently in for loops, but can happen in a wide range of places, such as counting the occurances of 'a' in the string "A long way away was a cute little kitten."

[Sionofdarkness]

Now that I think about it, I can imagine quite a few scenarios in which that could be used...