title: No increment operator (++) in Ruby?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3660563/why-doesnt-ruby-support-i-or-i-for-fixnum">Why doesn&#39;t Ruby support i++ or i&mdash; for fixnum?</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>Why is there no increment operator in Ruby?</p>
  
  <p>e.g.</p>
  
  <pre><code>i++
  ++i
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is the <code>++</code> operator used for something else? Is there a <em>real</em> reason for this?</p>