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Old 12-19-2010, 03:29 PM   #1
vgoel
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ksh typeset bug?

The following bit of ksh script

Code:
STR='010'
typeset -i STR
echo $STR
produces '8' when run. When STR is set to '10' then it produces '10'. Is this as expected? Thanks.
 
Old 12-19-2010, 03:59 PM   #2
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I don't know exactly how ksh handles it, but in bash, number strings beginning with zero are generally treated as octal values. The same thing is certainly happening here.
 
Old 12-19-2010, 06:16 PM   #3
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David thanks!
 
  


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