plus plus Operator Issues

Did you know, that in #Powershell the ++ operator does not return a value per se? Neither ++$x nor $x++ will return anything!

However, if you put them in a calculation, or any other block that evaluates the whole statement again, you will get the expected results!

$x = 1; $x   # -> 1
$x = 1; ++$x # -> nothing
$x = 1; $x++ # -> nothing

$x = 1; 1 + $x++ # -> 2
$x = 1; 1 + ++$x # -> 3

$x = 1; + $x++ # -> 1
$x = 1; + ++$x # -> 2

$x = 1; ($x++) # -> 1
$x = 1; (++$x) # -> 2