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Maintenance Ruby 3.3 gets fixes, but no new features. Switch to Ruby 4.0 →

instance method

Complex#-

complex - numeric → new_complex

Returns the difference of self and numeric:

Example
Complex(2, 3)  - Complex(2, 3)  # => (0+0i)
Complex(900)   - Complex(1)     # => (899+0i)
Complex(-2, 9) - Complex(-9, 2) # => (7+7i)
Complex(9, 8)  - 4              # => (5+8i)
Complex(20, 9) - 9.8            # => (10.2+9i)
See also #+ #-@ #** #/ also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0