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minus

(-) subtraction operator, sign changes

Syntax

X-Y
-Y

Arguments

X

scalar or vector or matrix of numbers, polynomials or rationals. It may also be a syslin list.

Y

scalar or vector or matrix of numbers, polynomials or rationals. It may also be a syslin list.

Description

Subtraction

For numeric operands subtraction as its usual meaning. If one of the operands is a matrix and the other one a scalar then the operation is performed element-wise. For X - Y, if Y == [] or Y == [] then [] is returned;

Subtraction may also be defined for other data types through "soft-coded" operations (see overloading).

Examples

[1,2]-1
[]-2

%s-2
1/%s-2

See also

  • mtlb_mode — switch Matlab like operations
  • plus — (+) addition operator
  • overloading — display, functions and operators overloading capabilities

History

VersionDescription
6.0.0 Modified the behaviour of A- [] and [] - A to return the empty matrix [] instead of A or -A
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