UIntPtr.Subtract Method
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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 Subtract method does not throw an exception if the result is too small to represent as a pointer on the specified platform. Instead, the subtraction operation is performed in an unchecked context.
Languages that do not support operator overloading or custom operators can use this method to subtract an offset from the value of an unsigned pointer.