Re: $[ 09.5 ] -- bad math expression

[Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org>]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2012, Bart Schaefer wrote:

> On Dec 2, 11:30pm, Atom Smasher wrote:
> }
> }  	echo "$[ 09.5 ]"
> }  	zsh: bad math expression: operator expected at `.5 '
> }
> } the problem seems to come up when using a non-integer with a leading
> } zero.
>
> Hmm.  This appears to have changed back in about 2007, workers/23165. 
> Any number with a leading zero is interpreted as an integer, unless a 
> decimal point immediately follows the zero, in which case it's treated 
> as floating point.
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thanks! i'll give a try with the workaround, and look forward to the patch 
being incorporated into new builds!

i guess i can also strip the leading zero(s) from any numbers where that 
could be an issue...


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