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Name: DECREMENT

Section: Arithmetic Operators

Synopsis:

`<decrement VARNAME [BY=AMOUNT]>`

Description:

Subtract AMOUNT (default 1) from the contents of the variable named by VARNAME.

       <set-var foo=1>
       <get-var foo> --> 1
       <decrement foo>
       <get-var foo> --> 0

Also see `increment`.

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