ksh shell: convert a string to integer

[support_billa]

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]

>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 · Accepted solution]

hello,

so i can convert with your input :

typeset -i num 

var="128.00M"

num=${var%.*}

and i will forget the awk

regards