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&-=(_:_:)

Subtracts the second value from the first and stores the difference in the left-hand-side variable, wrapping any overflow.

Declaration

static func &-= (lhs: inout Self, rhs: Self)

Parameters

  • lhs:

    A numeric value.

  • rhs:

    The value to subtract from lhs.

Discussion

The masking subtraction assignment operator (&-=) silently wraps any overflow that occurs during the operation. In the following example, the difference of 10 and 21 is less than zero, the minimum representable UInt value, so the result is the result is the partial value after discarding the overflowing bits.

var x: Int8 = 21
x &-= 10
// x == 11
var y: UInt8 = 10
y &-= 21
// y == 245 (after overflow)

For more about arithmetic with overflow operators, see Overflow Operators in The Swift Programming Language.