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Old 01-17-2007
Rounding problem
Hi,

Can any one help me in finding a solution for rounding off to 2 decimal places.

I am using the following code:

VAR1=.01292105263157894736
VAR2=`echo "scale=2; $VAR1 * 100" | bc -l`

The result I 'm getting is
1.29210526315789473600

But I need the output as 1.29

Thanks
Shash
# 2  
Old 01-17-2007
Try awk:

$ echo .02199 | awk '{printf "%.2f \n", $1*100; }'
2.20
# 3  
Old 01-18-2007
Thanks! This works perfectly.
 
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