mathjs/lib/function/arithmetic/subtract.js

module.exports = function (math) {
  var util = require('../../util/index.js'),

      Complex = require('../../type/Complex.js'),
      Matrix = require('../../type/Matrix.js'),
      Unit = require('../../type/Unit.js'),
      collection = require('../../type/collection.js'),

      isNumBool = util.number.isNumBool,
      isString = util.string.isString,
      isComplex = Complex.isComplex,
      isUnit = Unit.isUnit,
      isCollection = collection.isCollection;

  /**
   * Subtract two values
   *
   *     x - y
   *     subtract(x, y)
   *
   * For matrices, the function is evaluated element wise.
   *
   * @param  {Number | Boolean | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix} x
   * @param  {Number | Boolean | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix} y
   * @return {Number | Complex | Unit | Array | Matrix} res
   */
  math.subtract = function subtract(x, y) {
    if (arguments.length != 2) {
      throw new util.error.ArgumentsError('subtract', arguments.length, 2);
    }

    if (isNumBool(x)) {
      if (isNumBool(y)) {
        // number - number
        return x - y;
      }
      else if (isComplex(y)) {
        // number - complex
        return new Complex (
            x - y.re,
            - y.im
        );
      }
    }
    else if (isComplex(x)) {
      if (isNumBool(y)) {
        // complex - number
        return new Complex (
            x.re - y,
            x.im
        )
      }
      else if (isComplex(y)) {
        // complex - complex
        return new Complex (
            x.re - y.re,
            x.im - y.im
        )
      }
    }
    else if (isUnit(x)) {
      if (isUnit(y)) {
        if (!x.equalBase(y)) {
          throw new Error('Units do not match');
        }

        if (x.value == null) {
          throw new Error('Unit on left hand side of operator - has an undefined value');
        }

        if (y.value == null) {
          throw new Error('Unit on right hand side of operator - has an undefined value');
        }

        var res = x.clone();
        res.value -= y.value;
        res.fixPrefix = false;

        return res;
      }
    }

    if (isCollection(x) || isCollection(y)) {
      return collection.deepMap2(x, y, subtract);
    }

    if (x.valueOf() !== x || y.valueOf() !== y) {
      // fallback on the objects primitive values
      return subtract(x.valueOf(), y.valueOf());
    }

    throw new util.error.UnsupportedTypeError('subtract', x, y);
  };
};