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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting why doesnt my script work!!! Post 47702 by oombera on Tuesday 17th of February 2004 09:32:24 AM
Old 02-17-2004
Re: number and its decimal

Quote:
Originally posted by Heedunk
... if the number is 432, it will give hundred as the number of decimal places.
Heedunk, I'm not sure I follow.. in math, there is no "number of decimal places", unless you're talking about two numbers after the decimal, or three numbers before the decimal. I assume you want to display what the largest column is..? As in ten, hundred, or a thousand?

Maybe someone has a better solution, but I think you'll need a case statement... in ksh:
Code:
a=432.27
b=${a%%.*}
case ${#b} in
  2) echo "tens" ;;
  3) echo "hundreds" ;;
esac

Returns:
> hundreds

 

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_encodedecimal64(3M)													      _encodedecimal64(3M)

NAME
_encodedecimal64(), _encodedecimal128(), _encodedecimal32() - encode decimal-encoded decimal data SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
There are two standard bit-encodings for decimal floating-point data: binary and decimal. Both encoding provide exactly the same data (analogous to big endian and little endian encodings). The HP-UX decimal floating-point types use the binary encoding. The function encodes x as a decimal-encoded 64-bit decimal datum. is a version of it takes a argument and returns a result. is a version of it takes a argument and returns a result. These math functions are supported for HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2008 Update and forward. USAGE
To use any of these functions, compile with the option. Make sure your program defines and then includes Link in the math library by specifying or on the linking command line. For more information, see the at the following site: RETURN VALUE
returns x in the decimal encoding. raises no exceptions. ERRORS
No errors are defined. SEE ALSO
_decodebinary64(3M), _decodedecimal64(3M), _encodebinary64(3M), math(5). STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
These functions are not specified in any standard. HP Integrity Server Only _encodedecimal64(3M)
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