title: - - not working properly on char in perl
body: <p>Following code is showing different output than expected. 'i' should be the ans.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Code:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>$var = 'i';
  $var++;
  print $var;
  $var--;
  print " * ",$var;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Result:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>j ***** -1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone please explain behavior? I know i am missing a very silly thing.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>