On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 07:18:09PM +, Darac Marjal wrote:
> You probably already know that if you write:
>
> i = 65
>
> then several things happen:
Only one thing happens: bash tries to run the command named "i" and
you will almost certainly get an error message saying "command not found".
. All
> VALUEs undergo tilde expansion, parameter and variable expansion,
> command substitution, arithmetic expansion, and quote removal
> (detailed below). If the variable has its 'integer' attribute set,
> then VALUE is evaluated as an arithmetic expression even if the
> '$((...))' ex
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 01:37:14AM +, sim sim wrote:
> I do not understand "If the variable has its 'integer' attribute set," where
> the variable has an 'integer' attribute, after all, this is not a function?
They're talking about "declare -i". Which is really
, arithmetic expansion, and quote removal (detailed below). If the
variable has its 'integer' attribute set, then VALUE is evaluated as an
arithmetic expression even if the '$((...))' expansion is not used.
.
..
I do not understand "If the variable has its 'integer' attribute set,&q
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