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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers sqrt in bash Post 302490179 by limadario on Monday 24th of January 2011 06:51:52 AM
Old 01-24-2011
sqrt in bash

Hi,
i have a the following script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
a=3
b=9
let "c= b*a"
let "d=sqrt $c "

echo $d

But when i execute the code, it gives me the an error saying:

line 5: let: d=sqrt 27 : syntax error in expression (error token is "27 ")

Can any body tell me what I'm doing wrong?
 

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SQRT(3) 						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						   SQRT(3)

NAME
cbrt, cbrtf, cbrtl, sqrt, sqrtf, sqrtl -- cube root and square root functions LIBRARY
Math Library (libm, -lm) SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h> double cbrt(double x); float cbrtf(float x); long double cbrtl(long double x); double sqrt(double x); float sqrtf(float x); long double sqrtl(long double x); DESCRIPTION
The cbrt(), cbrtf(), and cbrtl() functions compute the cube root of x. The sqrt(), sqrtf(), and sqrtl() functions compute the non-negative square root of x. RETURN VALUES
The cbrt(), cbrtf(), and cbrtl() functions return the requested cube root. The sqrt(), sqrtf(), and sqrtl() functions return the requested square root unless an error occurs. An attempt to take the sqrt() of negative x raises an invalid exception and causes an NaN to be returned (except that the square root of -0 is valid and equal to -0.) SEE ALSO
fenv(3), math(3) STANDARDS
The cbrt(), cbrtf(), cbrtl(), sqrt(), sqrtf(), and sqrtl() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99''). HISTORY
The cbrt() function appeared in 4.3BSD. The sqrtl() function appeared in FreeBSD 8.0. The cbrtl() function appeared in FreeBSD 9.0. BSD
March 5, 2011 BSD
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