Subtracts the value of an expression from the value of a variable and assigns the result to the variable.
variable -= expression
- Required. Any numeric variable.
- Required. Any numeric expression.
The following example uses the -= operator to subtract one Integer variable from another and assign the result to the latter variable.
Dim var1 As Integer = 10 Dim var2 As Integer = 3 var1 -= var2 ' The value of var1 is now 7.
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