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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users how do I get the value of expr with ksh Post 5823 by Michael on Friday 24th of August 2001 07:15:43 AM
Old 08-24-2001
Hi Krisna,

try it with "let"

example:

let k="($a + $b) * $c"

k=900

Smilie greetings
 

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PLPAT(3plplot)							    PLplot API							    PLPAT(3plplot)

NAME
plpat - Set area fill pattern SYNOPSIS
plpat(nlin, inc, del) DESCRIPTION
Sets the area fill pattern. The pattern consists of 1 or 2 sets of parallel lines with specified inclinations and spacings. The arguments to this routine are the number of sets to use (1 or 2) followed by two pointers to integer arrays (of 1 or 2 elements) specifying the inclinations in tenths of a degree and the spacing in micrometers. (also see plpsty(3plplot)) Redacted form: General: plpat(inc, del) Perl/PDL: plpat(nlin, inc, del) This function is used in example 15. ARGUMENTS
nlin (PLINT, input) Number of sets of lines making up the pattern, either 1 or 2. inc (PLINT *, input) Pointer to array with nlin elements. Specifies the line inclination in tenths of a degree. (Should be between -900 and 900). del (PLINT *, input) Pointer to array with nlin elements. Specifies the spacing in micrometers between the lines making up the pattern. AUTHORS
Geoffrey Furnish and Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot. This man page was automatically generated from the DocBook source of the PLplot documentation, maintained by Alan W. Irwin and Rafael Laboissiere. SEE ALSO
PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources. August, 2012 PLPAT(3plplot)
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