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Unhappy expr: Integer argument too large
Hi all,

In KSH, I have got an error message like,
"expr: Integer argument too large"
I received this error message when I mutiply two large values and displaying the resultant output.

Is there any other altenative way to go with too large values?

Kindly let me know asap...

Thanks in advance!!!

Geetha
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Any suggestions please...
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Version of unix and size of the numbers would help.

Try "bc" which is a front end to "dc".


Code:
result=`echo "1048576 * 1048576"|bc`

echo $result
1099511627776
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Okie... Lemme check and come back... Thanks dude...
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Sorry boss... I'm not getting...
Here is my code...
value=`expr $size \* 1152921504606846976`

Ur valuable suggestions please!!!
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try this it worked for me:

[code]
c=`expr 1048576 \* 1048576`
$ echo $c
1099511627776
[\code]

i am using bash shell.
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this worked as well:

$ size=1048576
c=`expr $size \* 1048576`

$ echo $c
1099511627776
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