Basic - Additive inverse: -

Operator negative sign is used to change the sign of expressions. it works as a negation: if the expression value is positive then the result will be negative, and if the expression is negative then the result will be positive.

-

Description

- expression

Used keywords: -

Input

expression - Any number

Output

Result - Numbers

Compatible programing languages:
Visual Basic .NET | FreeBASIC

Examples

Basic

Additive inverse the possible of use:

xmin = -32768
 ymax = 32767
Dim x As integer= -1234        ' x = -1234
Dim y As integer= -(1500 mod 60)' y = -25
y = CInt((x * y))    ' z = 30850

Basic

Other pieces of example codes:

c=-1

-1

a or -1

Dim y As long= -(15123 \ 70)

You can find it in the following collections: arithmetic operators

Additive inverse in another programming language: