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Old 10-24-2012, 09:23 PM   #1
alavala53
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not getting floating answer when divident is smaller than divider

not getting floating answer when divident is smaller than divider.getting 0 for all values
problem:
a=2 b=4
c=`echo $a / $b |bc`
echo $c

ans:
0

please help me in this issue
 
Old 10-24-2012, 09:29 PM   #2
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Try this


Quote:
`echo "scale=2;2/3" |bc`
where scale=2 gives you 2 decimals

Quote:
a=2 b=4
c=`echo "scale=2;" $a / $b |bc`
echo $c
Last edited by Basher52; 10-24-2012 at 09:41 PM.
 
  


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