-= Operator
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Subtracts the value of an expression from the value of a variable and assigns the result to the variable.
variable -= expression
Parts
- variable
- Required. Any numeric variable.
- expression
- Required. Any numeric expression.
Example
The following example uses the -= operator to subtract one Integer variable from another and assign the result to the latter variable.
Dim var1 As Integer = 10 Dim var2 As Integer = 3 var1 -= var2 ' The value of var1 is now 7.
See Also
&= Operator | *= Operator | += Operator | - Operator | /= Operator | = Operator | \= Operator | ^= Operator | Assignment Operators | Arithmetic Operators | Operator Precedence in Visual Basic | Operators Listed by Functionality | Assignment Statements
