topic let command in Operating System - HP-UX

let command

suryanarayana_1 — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 08:26:36 GMT

Hi,

How I will get fractional values by using "let" command.
Thanks in advance
Surya.

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 08:36:44 GMT

You can't. The shell ONLY does integer math. You will need to use bc, awk, or Perl.

curt larson_1 — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:09:32 GMT

or use a different shell

#!/usr/dt/bin/dtksh

typeset -F abc #for a floating point variable
x=5
y=20
abc=$(( x/y ))
print $abc