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JP1 Version 12 JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Distribution Function Administration Guide


18.4.3 Unary minus

The unary minus is a unary operator that returns the negative value of the result of the expression.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Format

-[(]expression[)]

(2) Description

The operand for the unary minus operator (-) must be arithmetic type. The unary operator is placed before an operand, linking from the right to the left.

Specifying the negative unary operator for a negative value will return a positive value. Specifying the positive unary operator for a negative value will return a negative value.

(3) Example of coding

const integer NG_END = -1;           //Statement in the DEFINE section
integer sloopcnt, sloopmax, sloopmin;
sloopcnt = -(sloopmax - sloopmin);   //Statement in the MAIN section