Decrement Method

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Decrements a specified variable and stores the result, as an atomic operation.

Namespace:  System.Threading
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Decrement ( _
    ByRef ___location As Integer _
) As Integer

public static int Decrement(
    ref int ___location
)

public:
static int Decrement(
    int% ___location
)

static member Decrement : 
        ___location:int byref -> int 

public static function Decrement(
    ___location : int
) : int

Parameters

• ___location
  Type: System. . :: . .Int32%
  The variable whose value is to be decremented.

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Int32
The decremented value.

Remarks

This method handles an overflow condition by wrapping: If ___location = Int32..::..MinValue, ___location - 1 = Int32..::..MaxValue. No exception is thrown.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

Interlocked Class

System.Threading Namespace