(Minus) - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

– (minus)

Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
(Negation) -
expression
(Subtraction)
expression1
Parameters
None.
Returns
An integer or floating-point number.
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.
For more information, see "Operator precedence and associativity" in Using ActionScript in Flash.
Example
Usage 1: The following statement reverses the sign of the expression 2 + 3:
trace(-(2+3));// output: -5
Usage 2: The following statement subtracts the integer 2 from the integer 5:
trace(5-2);// output: 3
The result, 3, is an integer.
Usage 3: The following statement subtracts the floating-point number 1.5 from the floating-point
number 3.25:
trace(3.25-1.5);// output: 1.75
The result, 1.75, is a floating-point number.
-
expression2
from
expression2 expression1
expression
. When both expressions are integers,
.
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