8.8.3 - operator (subtraction and negation) (find the difference between two numbers)
- Purpose
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Finds the difference between two numbers, or reverses the sign of a numerical expression.
- Syntax 1
Result = Number1 - Number2
- Syntax 2
-Number
- Arguments
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- Result
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Specify a variable for storing the difference between the two numbers.
- Number
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Write any numerical expression.
- Number1
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Write any numerical expression.
- Number2
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Write any numerical expression.
- Description
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In Syntax 1, the - operator subtracts Number2 from Number1 and returns the difference as the result.
In Syntax 2, the - operator is the unary negation operator and reverses the sign of an expression.
Expressions with Empty values are handled as zero.
- Note
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When Result and Number1 are the same variable, you can use the -= operator instead.
- Example
' This code stores 2 in result1. result1 = 7 - 5
- JP1/Script version
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Supported from JP1/Script 01-00.