Hi.

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
    int a;
    for(a=1; a<=4 && printf("%d ",a); a++)
    {
       int a;
       static int b=a;
       printf("%d ",(a++)-b);
    }  
    getchar();
    getchar(); 
}  

In this code, the printout is 1 0 2 1 3 2 4 3. I understand why the int a; part works differently then the int a which was defined outside the for function, and why static int b; is only defined once with the primary value of a ; but why does the (a++) part in printf affect proceeding values of a? Don't we redefine int a; each time the for function runs? Thanks in advance.