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# 1  
Old 06-04-2007
Insert a decimal point
Hi all. Using /bin/sh on an HPUX system.

I want to place a decimal in the field 2 charactors from the right (yes, converting to currency). The field lengths are variable. Here's what I'm doing:

exec < filename
while read FIELD1 FIELD2
do
FIELD1="echo $FIELD1 | sed 'syntax that will insert . 2 chars before rightmost' "
done

Thanks in advance!!!!!
# 2  
Old 06-04-2007
Code:
echo '12345' | sed 's/..$/.&/'

# 3  
Old 06-04-2007
If number may be one digit only, you can use this sed command :
Code:
echo "1234" | sed 's/..$/.&/;t;s/^.$/.0&/'  -> 12.23
echo    "1" | sed 's/..$/.&/;t;s/^.$/.0&/'  -> .01

On my AIX box, i have a problem with the 't' command inside sed (all the string after t is considered as being the label to branch to). If you have the same problem, you can remove the 't;' part.


Jean-Pierre.
# 4  
Old 06-04-2007
Perfect
vgersh99, you my friend, are a superior being.

Thanks!
# 5  
Old 06-04-2007
nice one, aigles!
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