subtracts the second number from the first · from google sheets · no excel equivalent · sheets: not yet compared

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MINUS(value1, value2)

returns: number

argument	required
value1	required
value2	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

related

• ABS returns absolute value of a number
• ACOS returns arccosine of a number
• ACOSH returns inverse hyperbolic cosine
• ACOT returns the arccotangent of a number
• ACOTH returns the inverse hyperbolic cotangent
• ADD adds two numbers — sheets exposes the + operator as a function