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HPL/SQL is included to Apache Hive since version 2.0

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Subtraction Operator (-) PL/HQL

You can use (-) arithmetic operator to subtract two numbers, or subtract the number of days from a DATE value.

Syntax:

expr - expr

Subtract Two Integers

When you subtract two integer values the result of the operation also has an integer value.

Example:

Expression Result Result Type
3 - 1 2 Integer

Subtract Integer from Date

When you subtract an integer from a DATE value, PL/HQL subtracts the number of days from the DATE and the result of the operation is a DATE value.

Example:

Expression Result Result Type
DATE '2015-01-01' - 1 DATE '2014-12-31' DATE