php-doc-en/reference/bc/functions/bcsub.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="function.bcsub">
<refnamediv>
<refname>bcsub</refname>
<refpurpose>
Subtract one arbitrary precision number from another
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>bcsub</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>left_operand</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>right_operand</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>scale</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Subtracts the <parameter>right_operand</parameter> from the
<parameter>left_operand</parameter> and returns the result in a
string. The optional <parameter>scale</parameter> parameter is
used to set the number of digits after the decimal place in the
result.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&reftitle.examples;
<example>
<title><function>bcsub</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$a = '1.234';
$b = '5';
echo bcsub($a, $b); // -3
echo bcsub($a, $b, 4); // -3.7660
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<function>bcadd</function>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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