Subtraction assignment (-=)
The subtraction assignment (-=
) operator subtracts the value of the right
operand from a variable and assigns the result to the variable.
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Syntax
x -= y // x = x - y
Examples
Using subtraction assignment
let bar = 5;
bar -= 2; // 3
bar -= "foo"; // NaN
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript Language Specification # sec-assignment-operators |
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