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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers sqrt in bash Post 302490182 by pludi on Monday 24th of January 2011 06:58:11 AM
Old 01-24-2011
Because Bash (and most other shells) don't know any mathematical operations or functions beyond the basic five (add, sub, mul, div, mod). If you need higher level functions, use bc or a different scripting language like Perl or Python.
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NAME
Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Number - Helper trait for Num attributes VERSION
version 2.0603 SYNOPSIS
package Real; use Moose; has 'integer' => ( traits => ['Number'], is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', default => 5, handles => { set => 'set', add => 'add', sub => 'sub', mul => 'mul', div => 'div', mod => 'mod', abs => 'abs', }, ); my $real = Real->new(); $real->add(5); # same as $real->integer($real->integer + 5); $real->sub(2); # same as $real->integer($real->integer - 2); DESCRIPTION
This trait provides native delegation methods for numbers. All of the operations correspond to arithmetic operations like addition or multiplication. DEFAULT TYPE
If you don't provide an "isa" value for your attribute, it will default to "Num". PROVIDED METHODS
All of these methods modify the attribute's value in place. All methods return the new value. o add($value) Adds the current value of the attribute to $value. o sub($value) Subtracts $value from the current value of the attribute. o mul($value) Multiplies the current value of the attribute by $value. o div($value) Divides the current value of the attribute by $value. o mod($value) Returns the current value of the attribute modulo $value. o abs Sets the current value of the attribute to its absolute value. BUGS
See "BUGS" in Moose for details on reporting bugs. AUTHOR
Moose is maintained by the Moose Cabal, along with the help of many contributors. See "CABAL" in Moose and "CONTRIBUTORS" in Moose for details. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. perl v5.14.2 2012-06-28 Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Number(3pm)
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