Operator Negate

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Operator - (Negate)

Changes the sign of a numeric expression

Syntax

Declare Operator - ( ByRef rhs As Integer ) As Integer
Declare Operator - ( ByRef rhs As Single ) As Single
Declare Operator - ( ByRef rhs As Double ) As Double

Parameters

• rhs

Description

Operator - (Negate) is a unary operator that negates the value of its operand.

The operand is not modified in any way.

This operator can be overloaded for user-defined types.

Return Value

Returns the negative of the expression.

Remarks

Usage

result = - rhs

Dialect Differences

• In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• Mathematical Functions

Examples

Dim n As LongInt

Print -5

n = 65432568459

n = - n

Print n

Sleep

Output:

-5
-65432568459

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