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Python integer incrementing with ++ [duplicate]

I've always laughed to myself when I've looked back at my VB6 days and thought, "What modern language doesn't allow incrementing with double plus signs?":

number++ 

To my surprise, I can't find anything about this in the Python docs. Must I really subject myself to number = number + 1? Don't people use the ++ / -- notation?

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Znarkus Avatar asked Apr 13 '10 19:04

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1 Answers

Python doesn't support ++, but you can do:

number += 1 
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Daniel Stutzbach Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 08:09

Daniel Stutzbach