A Quick Question Regarding '+' Prefix

[zb0S216C]

I've ran into this today: ( 40 + +2 ). Does the +2 denote a positive integer just as -2 denotes a negative integer?

_Wazzak

[1vRz3TCk]

It is the Unary Plus Operator: +

I'm not quite sure why you would need it there, but it returns the value of its operand; for an integral type, an int is returned.

See Integral Promotions.

[zb0S216C]

Thanks for the reply CodeMonkey. So basically, I could omit the prefixing + and it wouldn't make a difference? Are there any cases which require the prefixed +?

_Wazzak

[Disch]

I've personally never found any use for the unary + operator.

And yeah, you could omit it there and it wouldn't make any difference.

[zb0S216C]

Simple enough. Thanks to you both :)

_Wazzak

[hanst99]

I suppose you could overload it with something so it does something useful, but that would just make your code less intuitive to read.