On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 02:30:45AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > echo Enter a value > read number > > answer=(echo 0.245 \* $number)|bc > echo $answer > > but answer remains a null variable always > How do I carry out calculations using non integer values then ?
The calculation is working, but you have left out the back-ticks (`) around the expression to capture its output into the shell variable. Try answer=`(echo 0.245 \* $number)|bc` -- David Lupo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
