Better replace all expr with arithmetics by the builtin=faster $(( ))
As the clock is very quickly cycling inside the microsecond part there is always a possibility of these values '00000' to '09999' occurring. These are obviously NOT octal but decimal with leading zeros so......
......I used 'expr' to remove leading zeros otherwise there is a major shell error, thus I can't see how your modification works.
The maths method does not remove those leading zeros...
How to generate a random integer with specific range(for example, from 1 to 1000)?
Also, how to convert a floating point number into a integer? (2 Replies)
I want to be able to generate a random number within a korn shell script..
Preferably i would like to be able to state how many digits should be in this random number... ie 4 digits or 5 digits etc
Any ideas? (2 Replies)
I saw this formula to generate random number between two specified values in shell script.the following.
$(((RANDOM%(max-min+divisibleBy))/divisibleBy*divisibleBy+min))
Give a example in book.
Generate random number between 6 and 30.like this.
$(((RANDOM%30/3+1)*3))
But I have a... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I have extracted some report from database for few activities done.
Now I have a requirement to add some random time(In range of 10-35) in front of each activity.
Can be generated random numbers in any bash/sh shell within a given number range, let's say in between 10-30.
... (10 Replies)
Hi,
i want to check if a variable var1 is not a or b or c
pseudo code:
If NOT (var1 = a or var1 = b or var1 = c)
then
...
fi
I want to use POSIX complaint Korn shell, and for string comparison
For the following code, logical.sh
#!/usr/bin/ksh
var="j"
echo "Var : $var"
if ! { || ||... (12 Replies)
Dear all,
I have a question. I have a txt file say 4000 rows X 1800 Column. I 'd like to creat a new column as the first column which is a column of random numbers (n=4000)
thanks a lot!
Lin (2 Replies)
Hi,
Is anybody experience generate a pair of random number by using awk command?
I wanna to generate a pair of random number (range from 1 to 4124) and repeats it 416 times.
Desired output
2 326
123 1256
341 14
3245 645
.
.
.
I did write the below command:
awk... (5 Replies)
Hi Guys and gals...
As you know I am getting to grips with POSIX and hit this stumbling block.
Generating two random numbers 0 to 255 POSIXly. Speed in not important hence the 'sleep 1' command.
I have done a demo that works, but it sure is ugly! Is there a better way?
#!/bin/sh
# Random... (12 Replies)
Hi all...
This is just a fun project to see if it is possible to get a square root of a positive integer from 1 to 9200000 to 6 decimal places on a 64 bit architecture machine.
It is coded around dash and the results show the values from 0 to 10000.
Complex numbers can easily be catered for by... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
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LEARN ABOUT V7
expr
EXPR(1) General Commands Manual EXPR(1)NAME
expr - evaluate arguments as an expression
SYNOPSIS
expr arg ...
DESCRIPTION
The arguments are taken as an expression. After evaluation, the result is written on the standard output. Each token of the expression is
a separate argument.
The operators and keywords are listed below. The list is in order of increasing precedence, with equal precedence operators grouped.
expr | expr
yields the first expr if it is neither null nor `0', otherwise yields the second expr.
expr & expr
yields the first expr if neither expr is null or `0', otherwise yields `0'.
expr relop expr
where relop is one of < <= = != >= >, yields `1' if the indicated comparison is true, `0' if false. The comparison is numeric if
both expr are integers, otherwise lexicographic.
expr + expr
expr - expr
addition or subtraction of the arguments.
expr * expr
expr / expr
expr % expr
multiplication, division, or remainder of the arguments.
expr : expr
The matching operator compares the string first argument with the regular expression second argument; regular expression syntax is
the same as that of ed(1). The (...) pattern symbols can be used to select a portion of the first argument. Otherwise, the
matching operator yields the number of characters matched (`0' on failure).
( expr )
parentheses for grouping.
Examples:
To add 1 to the Shell variable a:
a=`expr $a + 1`
To find the filename part (least significant part) of the pathname stored in variable a, which may or may not contain `/':
expr $a : '.*/(.*)' '|' $a
Note the quoted Shell metacharacters.
SEE ALSO ed(1), sh(1), test(1)DIAGNOSTICS
Expr returns the following exit codes:
0 if the expression is neither null nor `0',
1 if the expression is null or `0',
2 for invalid expressions.
EXPR(1)