Operator - (Negate)

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgOpNegate
• Last revised: 2016-03-13

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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

Usage

` result = - rhs

`

Parameters

rhs

The right-hand side numeric expression to negate.

Return Value

Returns the negative of the expression.

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.

Examples

start GeSHi

Dim n As LongInt
Print -5
n = 65432568459
n = - n
Print n
Sleep

end GeSHi

Output:

-5
-65432568459

Dialect Differences

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

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• Mathematical Functions

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