Hi this is quite a simple question... I am new to LINUX/UNIX and so I am just trying to create a very basic program. The idea is that when the user runs the program (from the shell) they enter 3 values and the program will add them up:
"./sum 23 5 1
29"
my code for this program is as follows:
However I now want to allow for more than 3 values to be entered. I have done a bit of research and I think the best way is to use a 'for loop' that will tally the numbers:
As you can see I don't really know where to include this in my program nor how to write it. Like I said I am a beginner to UNIX and so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
-James
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how to add 2 float values to each other?
i tried this and it doesnt work:
#!bin/bash
numone=1.234
numtwo=0.124
total=`expr $numone + $numtwo`
echo $total
thanks (5 Replies)
i have a list of numbers like this;
124
235
764
782
765
451
983
909
...
and i want to make a sum with the first 3 of them then the next 3 and so on.
124+235+764=1123
782+765+451=1998
...
some ideas? (4 Replies)
Hi
I figured how to add my list of numbers. However how do I count so that after a certain number it lists the line.
Example:
12 test1
46 test2
195 test3
174 test4
634 test5
185 test6
94 test7
So basically add the numbers and when the addition reaches 300 or less
print the... (8 Replies)
I am writing a bash script on ubuntu11.10
I have some string having numbers and letter and want to add all the numbers together
For example
1s2d23f
I want to perform
1 + 2 + 23 and store it in a variable (3 Replies)
I have a file which has following contents which I want to add up.
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
28170.24
139038.72
139038.72
139038.72
139038.72 (5 Replies)
Hello. Trying to add a column of numbers and combine the 1st and 2nd fields as uniq with the new total.
This works to add the numbers but can't figure an easy was to combine the 1st and 2nd column as the list is very long. awk '{s+=$3} END {print s}'
bird dog 300
bird dog 100
cat clown 200... (1 Reply)
Hi again. Sorry for all the questions — I've tried to do all this myself but I'm just not good enough yet, and the help I've received so far from bartus11 has been absolutely invaluable. Hopefully this will be the last bit of file manipulation I need to do.
I have a file which is formatted as... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
Could you please help me on this requirement.
File data:
A
A
A
B
B
B
i need the output like
A1
A2
A3
B1 (3 Replies)
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