Editing mirc/commands/dec

{{mirc title|/dec Command}}
The '''/dec command''' decreases the value of a variable by a given value. If no value is specified, mIRC will decrease the variable by one. The /dec command works with both positive and negative values alike.

== Synopsis ==
 /dec [-crszeuN] <%var> [value]

== Switches ==
* '''-s''' - Prints out the value of the variable
Global variables only:
* '''-c''' - Decreases the variable once per second
* '''-r''' - Decreases the variable once per second (same as -c)
* '''-z''' - Decreases the variable every second until it reaches zero at which point the variable will get removed.
* '''-e''' - Unsets the variable when mIRC exits
* '''-uN''' - Decrease the variable once and unsets the variable after N seconds.
* '''-k''' - Keeps the unset time of the variable if it exists. Watch out, currently -k in /dec does not behave the same as in {{mIRC|/set}}, as in, if you provide another -uN switch AND a -k switch, it will use this new unset time and won't preserve the original one.

== Parameters ==
* '''%var''' - The variable's name
* '''[value]''' - Optional numeric value to decrease the variable by 

== Example ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="mIRC">Alias Example {
  ;Create a local variable and set it to 10
  var %x 10
  ;Decrease %x by 5 
  dec %x 5
  ;Print out %x's content
  echo -a %x
}</syntaxhighlight>

== Compatibility ==
{{mIRC compatibility|4.0}}

== See also ==
* [[List of commands - mIRC|List of commands]]
* [[List of identifiers - mIRC|List of identifiers]]
* {{mIRC|$var}}
* {{mIRC|/inc}}
* {{mIRC|/set}}
* {{mIRC|/unset}}
* {{mIRC|/var}}
{{mIRC command list}}

[[Category:mIRC commands|dec command - mIRC]]