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Performing the subtraction operation without the subtraction operator in JavaScript
We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in two numbers and returns their difference but without using the (-) sign.
Therefore, let’s write the code for this function −
Example
The code for this will be −
const num1 = 56; const num = 78; const subtractWithoutMinus = (num1, num2) => { if(num2 === 0){ return num1; }; return subtractWithoutMinus(num1 ^ num2, (~num1 & num2) << 1); }; console.log(subtractWithoutMinus(num, num1));
Output
The output in the console will be −
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