Decrement: meaning, definitions and examples

mathematics

To decrease or reduce by a specific amount; to subtract a value.

diminish, reduce, subtract

Examples of usage

• Let's decrement the value of x by 5 to get the new result.

• After each iteration, we need to decrement the counter by 1.

• The function will decrement the variable by the specified amount.

• We can decrement the total by 10% to calculate the final value.

• It is important to understand how to increment and decrement values in programming.