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ee.Number.subtract

Page Summary

The Number.subtract method subtracts the second value from the first.
It takes two number arguments, left and right , and returns a number.

Subtracts the second value from the first.

Usage	Returns
`Number. subtract (right)`	Number

Argument	Type	Details
this: `left`	Number	The left-hand value.
`right`	Number	The right-hand value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 print 
 ( 
 '5 - 10' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ). 
 subtract 
 ( 
 10 
 )); 
  
 // -5 
 print 
 ( 
 '10 - 5' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ). 
 subtract 
 ( 
 5 
 )); 
  
 // 5 
 print 
 ( 
 '5 - 10.2' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ). 
 subtract 
 ( 
 10.2 
 )); 
  
 // -5.199999999 
 print 
 ( 
 '5 - -10.2' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ). 
 subtract 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 )); 
  
 // 15.2

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 display 
 ( 
 '5 - 10:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 subtract 
 ( 
 10 
 )) 
 # -5 
 display 
 ( 
 '10 - 5:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 10 
 ) 
 . 
 subtract 
 ( 
 5 
 )) 
 # 5 
 display 
 ( 
 '5 - 10.2:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 subtract 
 ( 
 10.2 
 )) 
 # -5.199999999 
 display 
 ( 
 '5 - -10.2:' 
 , 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 5 
 ) 
 . 
 subtract 
 ( 
 - 
 10.2 
 )) 
 # 15.2

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Number.subtract