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# 1  
Old 04-14-2009
read a number
- A=90-100
- B=80-89
- C=70-79
- D=60-69
- F=0-59.

echo -n "What test score did you get? (0-100)"
read score1

echo “you got a $score1”
if [ $score1 -eq 0-59 ]
. then
echo “you got a F”
else
echo
---------------------

[0-59]) echo you got an F 0-59.
;;

[60-69]) echo you got a D 60-69.
;;

[70-79]) echo you got a C 70-79.
;;
[80-89]) echo “you got a C 70-79.”
;;

*) echo "You didn't enter a number score I can understand"

esac
how do i get it to read a num 0-100?
thanks
# 2  
Old 04-15-2009
Smells like homework/classroom stuff. Nevertheless, maybe instead of doing things like
Code:
if [ $score1 -eq 0-59 ]

use a concatenation of && and -lt or -gt or the arithmetic operators for these. 0-59 won't work.
# 3  
Old 04-15-2009
Thanks man! I'll try it out.
 
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