Function unaryMinus #
Inverse the sign of a value, apply a unary minus operation.
For matrices, the function is evaluated element wise. Boolean values and strings will be converted to a number. For complex numbers, both real and complex value are inverted.
Syntax #
math.unaryMinus(x)
Parameters #
Parameter | Type | Description |
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x |
number | BigNumber | bigint | Fraction | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | Number to be inverted. |
Returns #
Type | Description |
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number | BigNumber | bigint | Fraction | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix | Returns the value with inverted sign. |
Throws #
Type | Description —- | ———–
Examples #
math.unaryMinus(3.5) // returns -3.5
math.unaryMinus(-4.2) // returns 4.2