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Old 12-10-2004, 10:27 AM   #1
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Case Statement With Aix Ksh Scripting


ok here is my problem i just wrote this program its gonna take a price and a discount code and give a quick discount to it but when i run the program it will double the price from it original when it supposed to taking it off.... well hereis the code if anyone can tell me where i went wrong that would be a big help thank you very much


Code:
#! /bin/ksh
# +--------------------+
# | BOBBY D ESTRADA    |
# +--------------------+




print -n "\n Please Enter Price: "
read price
print -n "\n Please Enter Coupon Code: "
read code


case $code in
        H|h)
total=`print "scale=3; $price / .50"|bc`
;;
        F|f)
total=`print "scale=3; $price / .40"|bc`
;;
        T|t)
total=`print "scale=3; $price / .33"|bc`
;;
        Q|q)
total=`print "scale=3; $price / .25"|bc`
;;
        *)

print "\nNO DISCOUNT"
total=$price
;;
esac

print "\nPrice: $price\nCode: $code\nTotal:$total "
 
Old 12-11-2004, 10:54 AM   #2
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Just try it with your pocket calculator : 2/0.5=4.
If you want to take off 50%, it should be 2*0.5 instead of 2/0.5 !
Am I not right ?
 
Old 02-09-2005, 12:44 PM   #3
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How about total=.....$price - $price*.25
 
  


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