UIntPtr.Subtraction Operator
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Subtracts an offset from the value of an unsigned pointer.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- pointer
- Type: System.UIntPtr
The unsigned pointer to subtract the offset from.
- offset
- Type: System.Int32
The offset to subtract.
Return Value
Type: System.UIntPtrA new unsigned pointer that reflects the subtraction of offset from pointer.
The Subtraction method defines the subtraction operation for UIntPtr objects. It enables code such as the following.
Languages that do not support custom operators can call the Subtract method instead.
The subtraction operation does not throw an exception if the result is too small to represent as a pointer on the specified platform. Instead, it is performed in an unchecked context.