{"identifier":49191,"topic":"Commands","name":"subtract","text":"<code>subtract <i>number<\/i> from <\/code>[<i><code>chunk<\/i> of<\/code>]<code> \u00ac          <i>container<\/i> <u> <\/u><\/code>where <i>container<\/i>  or <i>chunk <\/i> must contain a number. <br><br>\n\n The<code> subtract <\/code>command subtracts<code> <i>number<\/i> <\/code>from the specified container (or chunk) and puts the result into the container (or chunk), replacing what was there. <br><br>\n\n (You can use the<code> is a <\/code>operator to see if the container is a number.) <br>\n<br>\nFor example, if you say <br><br>\n\n <code><pre>subtract 3 from theTotal\n<\/pre><\/code>\nand<code> theTotal <\/code>previously held 7, it will now hold 4. <br>\n","related":{"24266":null,"29791":"add","89523":"Arithmetic operators","6157":"Type and existence operators"},"examples":"subtract 4 from bkgnd field \"total\"\n\nsubtract last line of card field \"debits\" from item 1 of theTotal\n\nif the Message box is a number then subtract 15 from Message box","demo":"","debug":{"9":["subtract number from"],"10":["For example, if you "]}}