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Help!
I need to total up values which are monetary
ie
VAR1=123.20 ( £123.20p)
VAR2=2000 ( £2000 )
can i do this using expr, i can total them up, but lose the .20p
Any help would be much appreciated
I need to total up values which are monetary
ie
VAR1=123.20 ( £123.20p)
VAR2=2000 ( £2000 )
can i do this using expr, i can total them up, but lose the .20p
Any help would be much appreciated
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Is this all you're trying to do?
#! /bin/sh
var1=123
var2=2000
echo `expr $var1 + $var2`
exit 0
#! /bin/sh
var1=123
var2=2000
echo `expr $var1 + $var2`
exit 0
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No. That he can already do, but that will lose the decimal places (i.e. expr is, essentially, int only).
Try
Try
result=`echo "scale=2;${var1}+${var2}" | bc` Last edited by masijade : Oct 18th, 2007 at 8:57 am.
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