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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Expr: non-integer argument Post 302863067 by Don Cragun on Saturday 12th of October 2013 04:29:52 AM
Old 10-12-2013
This looks suspiciously similar to a thread from a few days ago: Finding an average.

Is there some reason why the ksh script I provided in that thread can't be used for this?
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GETABLEXPRNUM(3)						   ABL FUNCTIONS						  GETABLEXPRNUM(3)

NAME
getablexprnum - gives a specified operand of an expression. ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr SYNOPSYS
#include "abl101.h" chain_list *getablexprnum( Expr, Number ) chain_list *Expr; int Number; PARAMETERS
Expr Expression. Number Operand number. DESCRIPTION
getablexprnum gives the operand Number of Expr. RETURN VALUE
getablexprnum returns the operand Number of Expr. EXAMPLE
#include "abl101.h" chain_list *Expr; Expr = createablbinexpr( ABL_AND, createablatom( "a" ), createablatom( "b" ) ); /* displays b */ viewablexpr( getablexprnum( Expr, 1 ), ABL_VIEW_VHDL ); SEE ALSO
abl(1) BUG REPORT
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools. ASIM
/LIP6 October 1, 1997 GETABLEXPRNUM(3)
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