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Old 11-11-2006, 03:41 AM   #16
matthewg42
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bc (the part which is doing the calculation) doesn't recognise this notation. Try this. change the line with bc in it to this:
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echo "$first_number + $second_number" | sed 's/e/*10^/g' |bc -l > result.int
 
Old 11-11-2006, 11:37 AM   #17
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fantastic - whos the man? you're the man..
owe you a lot of time!!
 
  


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