---
title: "-(_:_:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Operator
path: "swift/uint16/-(_:_:)"
---

# -(_:_:)

Subtracts one value from another and produces their difference.

## Declaration

```swift
static func - (lhs: UInt16, rhs: UInt16) -> UInt16
```

## Parameters

- `lhs`: A numeric value.
- `rhs`: The value to subtract from lhs.

## Discussion

Discussion The subtraction operator (-) calculates the difference of its two arguments. For example: 8 - 3                   // 5 -10 - 5                 // -15 100 - -5                // 105 10.5 - 100.0            // -89.5 You cannot use - with arguments of different types. To subtract values of different types, convert one of the values to the other value’s type. let x: UInt8 = 21 let y: UInt = 1000000 y - UInt(x)             // 999979 The difference of the two arguments must be representable in the arguments’ type. In the following example, the result of 21 - 50 is less than zero, the minimum representable UInt8 value: x - 50                  // Overflow error note: Overflow checking is not performed in -Ounchecked builds. If you want to opt out of overflow checking and wrap the result in case of any overflow, use the overflow subtraction operator (&-). x &- 50                 // 227