Decimal.Increment Operator

// Example of the decimal increment, decrement, unary negation, and 
// unary plus operators.
using System;

class DecIncrDecrUnaryDemo
{
    // Get the exception type name; remove the namespace prefix.
    public static string GetExceptionType( Exception ex ) 
    {
        string exceptionType = ex.GetType( ).ToString( );
        return exceptionType.Substring( 
            exceptionType.LastIndexOf( '.' ) + 1 );
    }

    // Display the argument and the incremented and decremented values.
    public static void DecIncrDecrUnary( decimal argument )
    {
        decimal toBeIncr = argument;
        decimal toBeDecr = argument;

        Console.WriteLine( "{0,-26}{1}", "decimal argument: ", 
            argument );

        // Catch the exception if the increment operator throws one.
        Console.Write( "{0,-26}", "argument ++" );
        try
        {
            toBeIncr ++;
            Console.WriteLine( "{0}", toBeIncr );
        }
        catch( Exception ex )
        {
            Console.WriteLine( "{0}", GetExceptionType( ex ) );
        }

        // Catch the exception if the decrement operator throws one.
        Console.Write( "{0,-26}", "argument --" );
        try
        {
            toBeDecr --;
            Console.WriteLine( "{0}", toBeDecr );
        }
        catch( Exception ex )
        {
            Console.WriteLine( "{0}", GetExceptionType( ex ) );
        }

        Console.WriteLine( );
    }

    public static void Main( )
    {
        Console.WriteLine( "This example of the decimal increment, " +
            "decrement, unary negation, \nand unary plus operators " +
            "generates the following output. It \ndisplays the " +
            "results of the operators on several decimal values.\n" );

        // Create objects to compare with the reference.
        DecIncrDecrUnary( 0.000000123M );
        DecIncrDecrUnary( new decimal( 123000000, 0, 0, false, 9 ) );
        DecIncrDecrUnary( - new decimal( 123000000, 0, 0, false, 9 ) );
        DecIncrDecrUnary( + decimal.MaxValue );
        DecIncrDecrUnary( - decimal.MaxValue );
        DecIncrDecrUnary( + 7.5000000000000000000000000001M );
    }
}

/*
This example of the decimal increment, decrement, unary negation,
and unary plus operators generates the following output. It
displays the results of the operators on several decimal values.

decimal argument:         0.000000123
argument ++               1.000000123
argument --               -0.999999877

decimal argument:         0.123000000
argument ++               1.123000000
argument --               -0.877000000

decimal argument:         -0.123000000
argument ++               0.877000000
argument --               -1.123000000

decimal argument:         79228162514264337593543950335
argument ++               OverflowException
argument --               79228162514264337593543950334

decimal argument:         -79228162514264337593543950335
argument ++               -79228162514264337593543950334
argument --               OverflowException

decimal argument:         7.5000000000000000000000000001
argument ++               8.500000000000000000000000000
argument --               6.5000000000000000000000000001
*/