From: Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru>
To: "'Phil Pennock'" <Phil.Pennock@globnix.org>
Cc: "'Bruno Bonfils'" <asyd@debian-fr.org>,
"'ZSH Users'" <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: RE: question about float variables
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:10:23 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <003401c15173$c65e9220$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011010114224.A12923@globnix.org>
>
> > Integer divided by integer is integer.
>
> Not so useful if you're manipulating parameters and you don't know
what
> their value is in advance.
>
Sigh ... zsh was meant to be used for arithmetic computations. Obvious
workarounds are
- multiply by 1.0: $((var1*1.0/var2))
- use temps
- use float() function: $((float(var1)/var2))
What is wrong with above?
BTW how is it different from C?
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
float f;
f = 3/2;
printf ("f = %f\n", f);
}
bor@itsrm2% cc foo.c
bor@itsrm2% ./a.out
f = 1.000000
> I've not seen a way in zsh to modify this to be 'sensible' for humans,
If you can suggest how to 'sensibly' incorporate it into zsh grammar ...
>
> Personally, I'd use the OS's printf(1) if it exists,
It is included into 4.1 branch. I do not know what people think about
adding it into 4.0.3.
-andrej
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-12 4:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-09 23:33 Bruno Bonfils
2001-10-10 8:58 ` Borsenkow Andrej
2001-10-10 9:42 ` Phil Pennock
2001-10-10 10:10 ` Borsenkow Andrej [this message]
2001-10-10 10:28 ` Phil Pennock
2001-10-10 12:47 ` Bruno Bonfils
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