Negation

Negation is the process of changing the sign of a positive number to negative or vice versa.

Syntax

number% = -number%

Description

Negation can be performed by adding a negative (- minus) sign to a number or by multiplying or dividing a number by any negative value. If a negative value is negated, the value of the number becomes positive.

See also

• multiplication, division
• Integer division

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