Can't test right now but this should work
function bc
begin
echo scale=6
cat
end | command bc
end
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On Oct 22, 2016 3:41 AM, "Lists" <barn...@drofle.co.uk> wrote:
> On 21/10/16 19:04, Glenn Jackman wrote:
> > As the math function uses `bc`, I alias `bc` to `bc -l`
> >
> > $ math 3/4
> > 0
> > $ function bc; command bc -l $argv; end
> > $ math 3/4
> > .75000000000000000000
> >
> >
> >
> Have not tried that. I see that you have set up a function. It does
> give a lot of decimal places which I am trying to avoid. I use the
> following, as an example, to get 22/7.
>
> echo (echo "scale=6; 22/7" | bc)
> 3.142857
>
> If I change the scale to 8, for example, I get 3.14285714
>
> The query I was referring to was setting the number of decimal places in
> the answer. That is my way. There are probably better ways.
>
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