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Distinguish between Postfix decrement and Prefix decrement

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Postfix Decrement	Prefix Decrement
It works on the principle of USE-THEN-CHANGE.	It works on the principle of CHANGE-THEN-USE.
The decrement operator (--) is written after the operand.	The decrement operator (--) is written before the operand.
Example: `int a = 100;` `int b = a--;` After the execution of these two statements, a will have the value of 99 and b will have the value of 100.	Example: `int a = 100;` `int b = --a;` After the execution of these two statements, both a and b will have the value of 99.

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