topic Re: ksh shell: convert a string to integer in Operating System - HP-UX

ksh shell: convert a string to integer

support_billa — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:20:42 GMT

is there another way to convert a string to a integer in shell (KSH)

my workaround :

var="128.00M"
var=$( echo ${var} | awk '{print int($0) }' )

regards

Dennis Handly — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:22:54 GMT

>is there another way to convert a string to a integer in shell (ksh)

That type of string? var="128.00M" is not a numeric value, especially with that "M".

If you just want to chop off that "." what follows, you can do:

num=${var%.*}

support_billa — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:07:53 GMT

hello,

so i can convert with your input :

typeset -i num

var="128.00M"

num=${var%.*}

and i will forget the awk

regards