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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Which is the best way/command to do mathematics in UNIX scripting? Post 302403951 by hakermania on Monday 15th of March 2010 07:03:45 AM
Old 03-15-2010
Question Which is the best way/command to do mathematics in UNIX scripting?
Hello all!
I used to use expr for doing simple mathematics, but has a main advantage and a main disadvantage:
The advantage is that it can take variables for numbers
Code:
(e.g.{1}: echo "Give me first"
read lol
echo "Give other"
read lil
sum=`expr $lol + $lil`
echo "The sum of $lol and $lil = $sum")

The disadvantage is that it cannot give float numbers.It gives errors (example for 2 / 5 .......)
Somebody told me about bc but I cannot give him variables.The program I wanna make is similar to example {1} but I need float numbers!
if the program is like this:
Code:
read lol
read lil
echo "scale=2; $lol - $lil" | bc

bc gives error.The only way to avoid this error is this way:
Code:
lol=5 ; lil=2 ; echo "scale=2; $lol - $lil" | bc

But in this way you don't allow the user to choose himself the variables.
Somebody told me that
Code:
read lol
read lil
echo "scale=2; $lol - $lil" | bc

works, but unfortunately in my OS doesn't work(Ubuntu 9.10)
Any suggestions/ideas????
 

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locale::codes::langext

Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			       Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::LangExt - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::LangExt;

	  $lext = code2langext('acm');		       # $lext gets 'Mesopotamian Arabic'
	  $code = langext2code('Mesopotamian Arabic'); # $code gets 'acm'

	  @codes   = all_langext_codes();
	  @names   = all_langext_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::LangExt" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language extensions, such as those as defined in
       the IANA language registry.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default IANA language
       registry codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language extensions. A code set may be specified using either a name, or
       a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $lext = code2langext('acm','alpha');
	  $lext = code2langext('acm',LOCALE_LANGEXT_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha
	   This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from the IANA language registry, such as 'acm' for Mesopotamian Arabic.

	   This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

       code2langext ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       langext2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       langext_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_langext_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_langext_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::rename_langext  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::rename_langext_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::add_langext_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::LangExt::delete_langext_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.16.2							    2012-10-11					       Locale::Codes::LangExt(3pm)
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