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instance method

Complex#-

(::BigDecimal) -> ::Complex
(::Numeric) -> ::Complex
self - other → complex

Returns the difference of self and other:

Example
Complex.rect(2, 3)  - Complex.rect(2, 3)  # => (0+0i)
Complex.rect(900)   - Complex.rect(1)     # => (899+0i)
Complex.rect(-2, 9) - Complex.rect(-9, 2) # => (7+7i)
Complex.rect(9, 8)  - 4                   # => (5+8i)
Complex.rect(20, 9) - 9.8                 # => (10.2+9i)
See also #+ #-@ #** #/ also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0