Hello Tobias and Maintainer,
Am 2006-09-20 19:22:54, schrieb Tobias Richter:
> Package: bc
> Version: 1.06-19
> Severity: normal
>
>
> scale is not always evaluated it seems:
>
> $ echo "scale=0; 10 * 2.1" | bc
> 21.0
> $ echo "scale=0; ( 10 * 2.1 ) / 1" | bc
> 21
>
> Shouldn't that yield '21' twice?
Yes
> I don't quite see a reason for the current behaviour, nor
> could a quick look into the docs reveal anything related.
I have tried it under Woody and it works, since Sarge it is
not more correctly evaluated and I hat to do some workarounds
in my Bash scripts.
I need "scale=2" but it outputs up to 7 chifres after the dot.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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