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ee.Array.subtract
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On an element-wise basis, subtracts the second value from the first.
| Usage | Returns | Array.subtract(right) | Array |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Array | The left-hand value. |
right | Array | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.Array([10]).subtract(1)); // [9]
print(ee.Array([-1, 0, 1]).subtract(2)); // [-3,-2,-1]
print(ee.Array([-1, 0, 1]).subtract([-5, 6, 7])); // [4,-6,-6]
var empty = ee.Array([], ee.PixelType.int8());
print(empty.subtract(empty)); // []
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
display(ee.Array([10]).subtract(1)) # [9]
display(ee.Array([-1, 0, 1]).subtract(2)) # [-3, -2, -1]
display(ee.Array([-1, 0, 1]).subtract([-5, 6, 7])) # [4, -6, -6]
empty = ee.Array([], ee.PixelType.int8())
display(empty.subtract(empty)) # []
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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