-= Assignment Operator

The -= assignment operator decrements a variable by a numeric expression.

Syntax

var -= num.exp

Example(s)

Subtracts 1 from the variable, x and assigns the result to x.

x -= 1

This statement:

total -= tax

is equivalent to the statement:

total = total - tax

See Also

* Arithmetic Operator

*= Assignment Operator

+ Arithmetic Operator

+= Assignment Operator

- Arithmetic Operator

/= Assignment Operator

:= Assignment Operator

Arithmetic Expressions

Arithmetic Operators

Assignment

Numeric Expressions

Precedence

precision Statement

Relational Operators

sum() Function

\= Assignment Operator