Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: handle decimals
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting handle decimals Post 302187478 by subin_bala on Monday 21st of April 2008 07:27:17 AM
Old 04-21-2008
handle decimals

Hi All,

How we can handle decimals in (Float) in UNIX.
a=73
b=5

c=`expr a / b`

i am getting 14 but i need full 14.6 .

Can any one help me pls?
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Multiplying Floats/Decimals

Is there a way that i can get something like this to work: Number=`expr 80 \* 10.69` i.e. To multiply an integer by a decimal or a decimal by a decimal etc...? thanks (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: rleebife
10 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bourne and decimals??

I need to get 15% of the variable exer1 to be added to other exercises so far, i've got exer1=$1 aver=`expr $exer \* .15` but i keep getting an error that an integer value was expected. Is there anyway around this? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kdyzsa
1 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

convert Regular decimals to Packed decimals

Hi, I am trying to find if there is a way to convert regular decimal values to Paced decimal values. I tried to find a c program but I could get a Packed converted to regular decimal not the other way round. If not unix please let me know if any other progrimming language I can use to do... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mgirinath
2 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Decimals in TCSH

Hello, I want to run a loop with non-integer values (which I know I can't) so I've created a loop of integers and divided it by 10. However, these values are always rounded down to 1 significant figure. How do I get the script to keep and use the decimal value? My script is as follows #... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: DFr0st
1 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Regarding Decimals in Cshell

Hello... I am new to unix and I am wondering if in a C-shell script , Are we supposed to use only whole numbers........ for example..if a program needs to calculate the average of some numbers........ @ avg = (($1 +$2 + $3)/3)) is returning a whole number.........How can a decimal be achieved... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ravindra22
1 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Difference between handle to the thread HANDLE and thread identifier pthread_t

This question might be silly but its confusing me a bit: What is the difference between handle to the thread HANDLE and thread identifier pthread_t? ---------- Post updated at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:48 PM ---------- Sorry I saw details and HANDLE is in windows and... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: rupeshkp728
0 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Grep wholenumbers / decimals

Hi I have a large file in which I need to search for certain whole numbers and print the whole line. I'm currently trying this via command line using grep but grep is also matching the decimal values and i just want to return the matching whole numbers (the entire line) Example File ddggg ... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: duckeggs01
7 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Round up the decimals

Hi All, I would like to do the following in the shell script 561.76 to 562 I tried using this echo 'scale=0; 749 * 75 /100 ' | bc but just returned only 561 Please help me . I appreciate your help Thanks rajeevm (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajeevm
13 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Getting date in seconds with decimals

I am trying to get date to display decimal Desired output 1350386096256.12 I know this can be done with printf, but are not able to make it work. I have tested this and many otherprintf "%.2f" $(($(date +%s%N)/1000000)) (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jotne
8 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Can expr deal with decimals?

Hello, Im trying to work on a small script for a formula converting temperatures, Celsius to fahrenheit. I have a formula, and it works.... it works every way I try it. But it keeps giving me the wrong results every time with expr. The formula for C to F would be: divide by 5, multiply by... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: hxdrummerxc
12 Replies
GENDERS_HANDLE_DESTROY(3)					    LIBGENDERS						 GENDERS_HANDLE_DESTROY(3)

NAME
genders_handle_destroy - destroys a genders handle SYNOPSIS
#include <genders.h> int genders_handle_destroy(genders_t handle); DESCRIPTION
genders_handle_destroy() destroys the genders handle pointed to by handle and frees all allocated memory associated with it. RETURN VALUES
On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and an error code is returned in handle. The error code can be retrieved via gen- ders_errnum(3) , and a description of the error code can be retrieved via genders_strerror(3). Error codes are defined in genders.h. ERRORS
GENDERS_ERR_NULLHANDLE The handle parameter is NULL. The genders handle must be created with genders_handle_create(3). GENDERS_ERR_MAGIC handle has an incorrect magic number. handle does not point to a genders handle or handle has already been destroyed. FILES
/usr/include/genders.h SEE ALSO
libgenders(3), genders_handle_create(3), genders_load_data(3), genders_errnum(3), genders_strerror(3) LLNL
August 2003 GENDERS_HANDLE_DESTROY(3)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:41 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy