Fabio said that too, i just don't know why i never tried that myself, maybe i am loosing my mind in my old age:-)
Slán
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>>hi,
>>just a quick query as to what is the fastest way to get a negative of a specified number.
>>is it
>>x = 7
>>x * (-1)
>>OR
>>x = 7
>>0 - x
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>Really don't have the time or inclination to write a test over a few microseconds... I'm jumping in here because I'm amazed that nobody tried the simple -x.
>
>I mean, haven't you guys ever written a line like this?
>

y=-x

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>(update: I see that Fabio did. It was just absent from the rest of the thread.)