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title: "negate | JavaScript maps SDK"
description: "Documentation for MapTiler SDK"
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# Function negate

-   negate(out: [vec4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec4/), a: [ReadonlyVec4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec4/)): [vec4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec4/)[](#negate)
    
    Negates the components of a vec4
    
    #### Parameters
    
    -   out: [vec4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec4/)
        
        the receiving vector
        
    -   a: [ReadonlyVec4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.ReadonlyVec4/)
        
        vector to negate
        
    
    #### Returns [vec4](https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/api-reference/types/Externals.vec4/)
    
    out