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The subtraction assignment (-=) operator performs subtraction on the two operands and assigns the result to the left operand.

Syntax

x -= y

Description

x -= y is equivalent to x = x - y, except that the expression x is only evaluated once.

Examples

Using subtraction assignment

let bar = 5;

bar -= 2; // 3
bar -= "foo"; // NaN

let foo = 3n;
foo -= 2n; // 1n

Specifications

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See also