Compound Assignment With Augmented Subtraction problem

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i am not able to pass this test please help guys

Your code so far

var a = 11;
var b = 9;
var c = 3;

// Only modify code below this line

a = a - 6;
b = b - 15;
c = c - 1;
myVar -= a;
myVar -= b;
myVar -= c;
myVar -=11;
myVar -=9;
myVar -=3;
myVar = 11-6; //assigned 5
myVar = 9-15; //assigned -6
myVar = 3-2; //assignde 2


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Link to the challenge:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/compound-assignment-with-augmented-subtraction

Augmented Subtraction .
Instead of a = a - 6;
just do this a -=6;
and same goes with others too :

b -=15;
c -=1;

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kindly help me write the whole code…it doesnt work for me

Hey, that’s not how it works, you have to understand what you’re doing,

Instead, explain us what you don’t understand, so we can help you :slight_smile:

it has worked at last guys…thanks alot