Operator

-

Description

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

result = expression1 - expression2

Part	Type	Description
result	Number	The difference between expression1 and expression2.
expression1	Number	Any numeric expression.
expression2	Number	Any numeric expression.

or

result = -expression

Part	Type	Description
result	Number	Expression with the opposite sign.
expression	Number	Any numeric expression.

You can use Operator Subtract to define the subtraction operation for custom classes and Operator Negate to define the negation operation.

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

Var diff As Integer
diff = 50 - 30 ' diff is 20

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