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# 1  
Old 09-20-2010
Sum of decimal numbers in column

Hi!!!
I have n decimal numbers in column:
1.23
3.45
5.16
.
.
.
How to do arithmetic sum of theese numbers???
Thanks!!!Smilie
# 2  
Old 09-20-2010
Code:
awk '{ SUM += $1} END { print SUM }'  file

# 3  
Old 09-20-2010
Code:
$ ruby -ne 'BEGIN{s=0};s+=$_.to_f;END{print "Total: #{s}\n"}' file
Total: 9.84

# 4  
Old 09-20-2010
Thanks!!!
I use this code before
awk '{ SUM += $1} END { print SUM }' file
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Example:
cat file
-------------
13.45
2.11
123.12
then awk gives me result 138??? (on my Centos)
on eeePC running Xandros result is correct!!!
What is the reason?Smilie
# 5  
Old 09-20-2010
I don't see the problem in my env (CYGwin)

but you can try:

Code:
awk '{ SUM += $1} END { printf "%d",  SUM }' infile

will show 138

Code:
awk '{ SUM += $1} END { printf "%.2f",  SUM }' infile

will show 138.68
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