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See also
with
– (minus)
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
(Negation) -
expression
(Subtraction)
expression1
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Operator (arithmetic); used for negating or subtracting.
Usage 1: When used for negating, it reverses the sign of the numerical
Usage 2: When used for subtracting, it performs an arithmetic subtraction on two numerical
expressions, subtracting
the difference is an integer. When either or both expressions are floating-point numbers, the
difference is a floating-point number.
Example
Usage 1: The following statement reverses the sign of the expression 2 + 3.
-(2 + 3)
The result is .
-5
Usage 2: The following statement subtracts the integer 2 from the integer 5.
5 - 2
The result is , which is an integer.
3
Usage 2: The following statement subtracts the floating-point number 1.5 from the floating-point
number 3.25.
3.25 - 1.5
The result is
1.75
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-
expression2
from
expression2
, which is a floating-point number.
. When both expressions are integers,
expression1
.
expression