negate-ssis-expression.md

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- (Negate) (SSIS Expression)

[!INCLUDEsqlserver-ssis]

Negates a numeric expression.

Syntax

  
-numeric_expression  
  

Arguments

numeric_expression
Is any valid expression of any numeric data type. Only signed numeric data types are supported. For more information, see Integration Services Data Types.

Result Types

Returns the data type of numeric_expression.

Expression Examples

This example negates the value of the Counter variable and adds the numeric literal 50.

-@Counter + 50  

See Also

Operator Precedence and Associativity
Operators (SSIS Expression)