Question

How does Python evaluate the expression 1+++2?

How many ever + I put in between, it is printing 3 as the answer. Please can anyone explain this behavior

And for 1--2 it is printing 3 and for 1---2 it is printing -1

Answer 1

Your expression is the same as:

1+(+(+2)) 

Any numeric expression can be preceded by - to make it negative, or + to do nothing (the option is present for symmetry). With negative signs:

1-(-(2)) = 1-(-2)          = 1+2          = 3 

and

1-(-(-2)) = 1-(2)           = -1 

I see you clarified your question to say that you come from a C background. In Python, there are no increment operators like ++ and -- in C, which was probably the source of your confusion. To increment or decrement a variable i or j in Python use this style:

i += 1 j -= 1