Hi all,

I'm facing a problem with "expr" command while calculating value inside the shell script (c shell). if i passed direct number to expr command its working but if passed value through variable its not working.

For example:

set Result=`expr 500 + 50`
echo $Result
output : 550

But if i pass value through variable its not working
$A=150.15
$B=25.20

set Results=`expr $A + $B`
echo $Results
output = 0

Could you please anyone help me on this?

Thanks
MPS

expr only accepts whole number arguments - integers.

That is why you got zero. It will work with environment variables.

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expr only does integer arithmetic.

Thanks for your reply,

How can we calculate the floating data with expr command?
Eg:
$A=150.15
$B=25.20
set Results=`expr $A + $B`
echo $Results

Could you please send me the actual solution for this?


Thanks
MPS

You can't; expr only does integer arithmetic.

Use awk or bc.

I use this function for floating-point arithmetic:

Code:

 calc()
  {
  awk 'BEGIN { OFMT="%f"; print '"$*"'; exit}'
  }

calc '3.2 + 4.3'