qb64/internal/help/Negation.md

'Negation is the process of changing the sign of a positive number to negative.

Usage: number% = -number%

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

• *, /
• [](Integer-division)
• Mathematical Operations