The dec procedure
Description
The dec procedure decrements the value stored in a
variable.
Parameter
- The first parameter is a reference to the variable of
ordinal type whose value is to be decremented.
- The second parameter is an expression of
integral type, and is the value by which the
variable is to be decremented. If this parameter is not supplied
then the variable is decremented by one.
Example
dec(x) decrements the variable "x" by 1
dec(x, 10) decrements the variable "x" by 10
Portability
Operating Systems: All
Standard Pascal: No
