[LCP]which one first?

["mehul radheshyam choube" <mehulchoube_cprog@rediffmail.com>]

hi friends,

here is a following code have a look,

for(i = 0; buf[i] != ' ' && buf[i] != '\0'; value[i] = buf[i], i++);

which statement will execute first
value[i] = buf[i] or
i++
please give reasons.

mehul.