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# atomicCounterDecrement

## Name

atomicCounterDecrement — atomically decrement a counter and return the prior value

## Declaration

`uint atomicCounterDecrement(` | atomic_uint c`)`;

## Parameters

`c`

  Specify the handle to the atomic counter to decrement.

## Description

`atomicCounterDecrement` atomically decrements the value of the atomic counter `c` and returns its new value.

## Version Support

| OpenGL ES Shading Language Version
--- | ---
Function Name | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.10
`atomicCounterDecrement` | - | - | ✔

## See Also

atomicCounterIncrement, atomicCounter

## Copyright

Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. https://opencontent.org/openpub/.

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