== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

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public int pickNumber() {
  int i = 0;
  int j = 0;

  i = i++; // Noncompliant; i is still zero

  return j++; // Noncompliant; 0 returned
}
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=== Compliant solution

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public int pickNumber() {
  int i = 0;
  int j = 0;

  i++; 
  return ++j; 
}
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