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Old 03-25-2015
[awk] rounding a float number?
Heyas

Trying to calculate the total size of a file by reading its bitrate.

Code snippet:
Code:
fs_expected() { #
	# Returns the expected filesize in bytes
	#
		pr_str() {
			ff=$(cat $TMP.info)
			d="${ff#*bitrate: }"
			echo "${d%%,*}" | $AWK '{print $1}' | head -n 1
		}
		t_BYTERATE=$(( $(pr_str) * 1024 / 8 ))
		t_TIMES=$( PlayTime | $SED s,":"," ",g)
		
		echo "$t_BYTERATE $t_TIMES"
		
		echo "$t_TIMES" | $AWK '{ (((24*$1*60)+(60*$2)+$3)*BYTES) }' BYTES=$t_BYTERATE
		return $?
	}

Output:
Code:
86272 00 44 14.96

Sadly there is no longer any output at all when i remove the bold code line.

Expected output:
When i remove the bold code line, which is just there for debuging, i want to get the proper expected filesize.
As of now, i assume awk fails due to the underlined floating point number?

Playtime does the same as pr_str, just for the duration of the file.
$TMP.info is filled by another prior function.

Any ideas?
Thank you in advance
Last edited by sea; 03-25-2015 at 02:27 PM..
# 2  
Old 03-25-2015
The awk code will not produce output unless you print the result. Try:
Code:
echo "$t_TIMES" | $AWK '{ print (((24*$1*60)+(60*$2)+$3)*BYTES) }' BYTES=$t_BYTERATE

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# 3  
Old 03-25-2015
With rounding:
Code:
'{ print int ( (24*$1*60+60*$2+$3)*BYTES + 0.5 ) }'

or
Code:
'{ printf "%.f\n", (24*$1*60+60*$2+$3)*BYTES }'

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sea
# 4  
Old 03-25-2015
The 'int' made already a good conversion from 2.29049e+08 to 229048709

I see no need/difference by adding + 0.5.

Thank you
# 5  
Old 03-25-2015
The int() function truncates, rounds down. The value is 229048709.12 adding 0.5 yields 229048709.62 In both case the the int value is 229048709

For rounding you could try:
Code:
echo "$t_TIMES" | $AWK '{ printf "%.0f\n", (((24*$1*60)+(60*$2)+$3)*BYTES) }' BYTES=$t_BYTERATE

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-25-2015 at 03:51 PM..
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# 6  
Old 03-25-2015
For rounding, I add 0.5 before truncating it. Decimal places less than 0.5000 will add up to less than 1, and be truncated, higher numbers will add one whole number then truncate.
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# 7  
Old 03-25-2015
In this case the suggested [ICODE]+ 0.5[/ICODE] was at the wrong place.
It was $3)*BYTES + 0.5 , where it should have been ($3+0.5).
Until now i was thinking that the + 0.5 was supposed for the +E conversion, which was already done by the int.

Makes perfectly sense now, thank you.
Last edited by sea; 03-25-2015 at 04:15 PM..
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