- Operator

Used to find the difference between two numbers or to negate the sign of a number.


Syntax

result=expression1 - expression2

PartTypeDescription
result Number The difference between expression1 and expression2.
expression1 Number Any numeric expression.
expression2 Number Any numeric expression.

or

result=-expression

PartTypeDescription
result Number Expression with the opposite sign.
expression Number Any numeric expression.


Notes

You can use Operator_ Subtract to define the subtraction operation for custom classes and Operator_Negate to define the negation operation.


Example

This example stores the difference between two numbers in a variable:

Dim x as Integer
x=50-30   //x is 20

See Also

Operator_Subtract, Operator_Negate functions.