Name: DECREMENT

Section: Variables

Synopsis:

<decrement NAME &key [BY=AMOUNT]

Description:

Subtract AMOUNT (default 1) from the contents of the variable named by VARNAME.

   <set-var foo=1>
   <get-var foo> ==> 1
   <decrement foo>
   <get-var foo> ==> 0

Also see increment.

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