09-25-2010
string to number problem
Hi
actually what happen i have taken a value from database table and stored in variable and that value is 20100601 000000 but this value is stored as string value in database table so
after storing this value in variable a when i did operation on this a variable like
a=`expr ${a} +1`
i m getting syntax error .
Can anyone pls help me that how to convert string to number and how to solve this problem
any help will be highly appreciated
thanks
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