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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Converting decimal to integer Post 302349607 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 1st of September 2009 10:50:56 AM
Old 09-01-2009
If you want to round the value to an integer:
Code:
var=12.77; printf "%2.0f" $var
13

truncate the number
Code:
echo $var | sed 's/\.[0-9]*$//'
12

 

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STDLIB(7)						   Erlang Application Definition						 STDLIB(7)

NAME
STDLIB - The STDLIB Application DESCRIPTION
The STDLIB is mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. The STDLIB application con- tains no services. CONFIGURATION
The following configuration parameters are defined for the STDLIB application. See app(5) for more information about configuration parame- ters. shell_esc = icl | abort : This parameter can be used to alter the behaviour of the Erlang shell when ^G is pressed. restricted_shell = module() : This parameter can be used to run the Erlang shell in restricted mode. shell_catch_exception = bool() : This parameter can be used to set the exception handling of the Erlang shell's evaluator process. shell_history_length = integer() >= 0 : This parameter can be used to determine how many commands are saved by the Erlang shell. shell_prompt_func = {Mod, Func} | default : where * Mod = atom() * Func = atom() This parameter can be used to set a customized Erlang shell prompt function. shell_saved_results = integer() >= 0 : This parameter can be used to determine how many results are saved by the Erlang shell. SEE ALSO
app(5) , application(3erl) , shell(3erl) , Ericsson AB stdlib 1.17.3 STDLIB(7)
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