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suryanarayana_1
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‎10-09-2003 01:26 AM

‎10-09-2003 01:26 AM

let command

Hi,

How I will get fractional values by using "let" command.
Thanks in advance
Surya.
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A. Clay Stephenson
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‎10-09-2003 01:36 AM

‎10-09-2003 01:36 AM

Re: let command

You can't. The shell ONLY does integer math. You will need to use bc, awk, or Perl.
If it ain't broke, I can fix that.
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curt larson_1
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‎10-09-2003 02:09 AM

‎10-09-2003 02:09 AM

Re: let command

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
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