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Old 03-15-2010
Arithmetic operartions and fields..
Hi,
By using a script I end up with the following variables
$a has contents
2464
5914
5914
5914
5914
$b has
308
739
739
739
739
$c has
8
8
8
8
8

they each are retrieved in separate for loops from different files. I need to divide each value in $a by the corresponding value in $b and compare the result to value in $c.
eg: 2464 / 308 == 8

thanks Smilie
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Old 03-15-2010
Which language are you programming in?
Are the variables $a, $b and $c arrays? If so, the solution is very trivial: you create the same loop and do the comparison within the loop. What exactly are you having difficulty with?
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Old 03-15-2010
My apologies for the poorly framed question. Smilie

Yes the solution would have been trivial in c ...However, I am programming in unix. The variables $a, $b, $c are retrieved from the content of some files in different parts of the script.
I was able to solve the problem ...

Code:
echo $a>>v1
echo $b>>v2
echo $c>>v3
paste v1 v2 v3 >v4.txt
awk '$4=$1/$2==$3?"success":"error"_' v4.txt

Last edited by bill88; 03-15-2010 at 05:26 PM..
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Old 03-15-2010
Well, Unix is not a programming language, but an operating system. You're utilizing one off the shells, probably the bourne shell.
 
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