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 [-cszeuN] <%var> [value]

Switches

• -c - Decreases the variable once per second
• -s - Prints out the value of the variable
• -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.

Parameters

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

Example

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
}

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v4.0

Added On: 20/03/1996

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $var
• /inc
• /set
• /unset
• /var