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# 1  
Old 10-23-2008
foor loop is not working while assigning to variable
Hi All,

While executing following for loop in unix, it is working fine.

sum=0
tot_amt=`for i in `cat amt`
do
sum=`echo "$sum + $i"|bc`
done`

But if i assing this loop in a variable it is not working. The error is so and done is unexpected.

tot_val=`sum=0;tot_amt=`for i in `cat amt` do sum=`echo "$sum + $i"|bc` done`

can someone tell me where i have made an mistake. i think it is with " ` ".

Regards,

Amit
# 2  
Old 10-23-2008
sorry..

tot_val=`sum=0; for i in `cat amt` do sum=`echo "$sum + $i"|bc` done`

this is not working...
# 3  
Old 10-23-2008
Without really looking into this at all...have you tried

Code:
tot_val=`sum=0;tot_amt=`for i in $(cat amt) do sum=`echo "$sum + $i"|bc` done`

# 4  
Old 10-23-2008
Hi Deco

tot_val=`sum=0;tot_amt=`for i in $(cat amt) do sum=`echo "$sum + $i"|bc` done``

it says teletype mismatch. So i have declare the variable before for loop.

tot_val=`sum=0;tot_amt=0;tot_amt=`for i in $(cat amt) do sum=`echo "$sum + $i"|bc` done``

It says: command i not found. I do not know wht it is taking i as a command.
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