// Side effects can be important.
public class SideEffects {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
		int i = 0; 
		
		// Here, i is still incremented even though the if statement fails.
		if (false & (++i < 100)) {
			System.out.println("this won't be displayed.");
		System.out.println("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))
			System.out.println("this won't be displayed");
		System.out.println("if statement executed: " + i); // still 1 !!

	}

}