Operator - (Negate)operator

Changes the sign of a numeric expression

Operatorsoperatordocumented

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

Name		Description
`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.

Remarks

Usage



result = - rhs

Dialect Differences

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

Differences from QB

None

Example

Dim n As LongInt

Print -5

n = 65432568459

n = - n

Print n

Sleep

Output:

-5
-65432568459

Reference

Documented in KeyPgOpNegate.html