John Summerfield wrote:
People here have been doing arithmetic using $(()) which is fine, but only does integers. Sometimes one wants a decimal|floating point, so this can often be used: 06:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo 'scale=4;(14595.470+200.00)/4331.00' | bc 3.4161 06:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
Or, if you prefer RPN: $ dc -e '4k 14595.470 200.00 + 4331.00 / p' 3.4161 -- Carnegie Institution - At the Frontiers of Science Larry Ploetz Systems Administrator Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Plant Biology, TAIR 650 325 1521 x 296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
