need help converting string to number for calculation
I've searched the forum and google, but can't see an answer to this simple problem. Here's my small test script:
can someone show me how to do this calculation? note that in the real life script I'm working on, variables will be input, so something like
won't work for me
here's an example of the execution
Quote:
sh ./test.sh
enter a number:
12
you entered 12
new value is 12
HI
Hi I have a character string which contains some special characters and I need it to display as a hex string.
For example, the sample i/p string: ×¥ïA Å gïÛý and
the o/p should be : D7A5EF4100C5010067EFDBFD
Any pointers or sample code pls. (5 Replies)
I have written a script to compare the values of string (which actually are numbers) but it is not giving the expected output. Please suggest for the script.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
sysdate=20071009
echo $sysdate
currfile=20071008
echo $currfile
if ; then
echo "Equal"
else
echo "Not... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am writing a shell script in which I want to convert a number like :
Suppose the number is "98487657" and we have to convert it to "98000000", what I want to do is to retain first 2 digits and convert all remaining digits to "0".
Number could be of any length (length... (4 Replies)
Dear users,
I need your support, I have a file like this:
272134.548 6680572.715
272134.545 6680572.711
272134.546 6680572.713
272134.548 6680572.706
272134.545 6680572.721
272134.543 6680572.710
272134.544 6680572.715
272134.543 6680572.705
272134.540 6680572.720
272134.544... (10 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file with occurances of the string "TO_DATE(<number here>,'J')" at random places. I need minus 2400000 from the number and replace the string with "convert(date, dateadd(dd, <new number here>,'16 Nov 1858')".
I'm finding this difficult as the string isn't necessarily in the... (9 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
I am working with a korn shell script to simplify some operations of calculation number of lines inside compressed file.
The called function (inside a cycle) is the following:
#########################################
# F.ne: CheckCount
#########################################... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am having a problem in converting a string to number so I can preform arithmetic operations.
timeTot=0
timeTmp=$(cat idsOutput | grep 'Run time' | cut -c 36-39)
timeTot=$ #This is line 28
echo "total RunTime=" $timeTot
this is the error msg:
./ids2.sh: line 28: 0+1.35: syntax... (8 Replies)
I have a below snippet of code from my perl script and its causing a problem when the output of $lTAX is 0 (zero) its getting displayed as -0.00. I want output to be 0 not -0.00. Any help would be appreciated.
#!/usr/bin/perl
my $lTotA = 50.94;
my $lVatA = 8.49;
my $lAllocD;
my $lAdjNr =... (4 Replies)
Hi ALL,
I am having semi column separated file as below. I am having negative values for the records starting with 11095. How can I convert that positive number
I tried this below seems not working
sed 's/ \(*\)$/ -\1/;t;s/\(.*\)-/\1/ myfile
myfile... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: arunkumar_mca
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
numfmt_parse
NUMFMT_PARSE(3) 1 NUMFMT_PARSE(3)NumberFormatter::parse - Parse a number
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public mixed NumberFormatter::parse (string $value, [int $type], [int &$position])
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
mixed numfmt_parse (NumberFormatter $fmt, string $value, [int $type], [int &$position])
Parse a string into a number using the current formatter rules.
PARAMETERS
o $fmt
-NumberFormatter object.
o $type
- The formatting type to use. By default, NumberFormatter::TYPE_DOUBLE is used.
o $position
- Offset in the string at which to begin parsing. On return, this value will hold the offset at which parsing ended.
RETURN VALUES
The value of the parsed number or FALSE on error.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
numfmt_parse(3) example
<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num)."
";
echo numfmt_parse($fmt, $num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."
";
?>
Example #2
OO example
<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
$num = "1.234.567,891";
echo $fmt->parse($num)."
";
echo $fmt->parse($num, NumberFormatter::TYPE_INT32)."
";
?>
The above example will output:
1234567.891
1234567
SEE ALSO numfmt_get_error_code(3), numfmt_format(3), numfmt_parse_currency(3).
PHP Documentation Group NUMFMT_PARSE(3)