Side-effects can be important
/* C#: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002) ISBN: 0072134852 */ // Side-effects can be important. using System; public class SideEffects { public static void Main() { int i; i = 0; /* Here, i is still incremented even though the if statement fails. */ if(false & (++i < 100)) Console.WriteLine("this won't be displayed"); Console.WriteLine("if statement executed: " + i); // displays 1 /* In this case, i is not incremented because the short-circuit operator skips the increment. */ if(false && (++i < 100)) Console.WriteLine("this won't be displayed"); Console.WriteLine("if statement executed: " + i); // still 1 !! } }