# `subw`

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**Subtract word (32-bit)** · RV64 only

Category: Arithmetic

Subtracts the third register from the low 32 bits of the second and sign-extends the 32-bit difference into the first.

[RISC-V manual: subw](https://docs.riscv.org/reference/isa/v20260120/unpriv/rv64.html#norm:addw_subw_op)

## Forms

- `subw t1, t2, t3`

## Operands

- `t1`: Any integer register, `x0` to `x31`, or its named alias, such as `zero`, `t0` or `t6`.
- `t2`: An integer register. It may be the same register as `t1`.
- `t3`: An integer register. It may be the same register as `t1`.

## Example

```riscv64
.text
li t0, 13
li t1, 5
# t0=13, t1=5; subw writes 8 to t2.
subw t2, t0, t1
```