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Format 1 (SUBTRACT)

Description
In Format 1 (SUBTRACT), all identifiers or literals preceding the keyword FROM are added together. This sum is then subtracted from and stored immediately in identifier-2. This initial sum is also subtracted from each successive occurrence of identifier-2, in the left-to-right order in which identifier-2 is specified.
Format 1 (SUBTRACT)
 
             *--------------*     *-------------------*
             V              +     V                   +
->->--SUBTRACT-*-identifier-1-*FROM-identifier-2*-------*-->
             *-literal-1----*                 *ROUNDED*
 
->--*------------------------------------------*---------->
   *-*----*-SIZE ERROR imperative-statement-1-*
     *-ON-*
 
->--*-----------------------------------------------*----->
   *-NOT--*----*-SIZE ERROR imperative-statement-2-*
          *-ON-*
 
->--*--------------*--------------------------------------><-
   *-END-SUBTRACT-*
 


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