On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Benjamin Scott wrote:

>   When all else fails, RTFM.  :-)  Mine tells me (under "ARITHMETIC
> EVALUATION") that:
> 
>        Constants with a leading 0 are interpreted as  octal  num-
>        bers.  A leading 0x or 0X denotes hexadecimal.  Otherwise,
>        numbers take the form [base#]n, where base  is  a  decimal
>        number  between 2 and 64 representing the arithmetic base,
>        and n is a number in that base.
> 
Which manual is that? I've been using to shell programming books, 
(they're at home so I can't tell you the titles right not,) and the 
Complete Command Reference book, although that one is really out of date 
(1997!).

None of these books say anytyhing about how 'let' interprets input 
values. Not that I've seen, anyway.

-- 
TARogue (Linux user number 234357)
 You can always tell a Texan, but you can't tell him much. - Chris Wall


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