From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12226 invoked by alias); 10 Jan 2015 16:53:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 34209 Received: (qmail 10531 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2015 16:53:27 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=D9vw8UVm c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=FT8er97JFeGWzr5TCOCO5w==:117 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=q2GGsy2AAAAA:8 a=oR5dmqMzAAAA:8 a=-9mUelKeXuEA:10 a=YNv0rlydsVwA:10 a=_jJT39NCksMFUzahxlcA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <150110085320.ZM28012@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:53:20 -0800 In-reply-to: <54B0D451.1000502@eastlink.ca> Comments: In reply to Ray Andrews "Re: Math expression evaluation error?" (Jan 9, 11:27pm) References: <54B03024.1030309@gmail.com> <20150109201552.1304eafe@ntlworld.com> <54B04ADA.9050102@gmail.com> <54B05407.7090303@eastlink.ca> <775A96D9-12A6-499B-8AAB-B2431F13701D@larryv.me> <54B069A9.2040504@eastlink.ca> <54B0D451.1000502@eastlink.ca> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: Math expression evaluation error? MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jan 9, 11:27pm, Ray Andrews wrote: } Subject: Re: Math expression evaluation error? } } > 3/8 is not a fraction. } } Well, this is one of those things that won't change, but I must say that } in my experience an overwhelming majority of people would say that 3/8 } is a fraction, and they would be surprised OK, let's leave zsh out of this and try the standard "expr" utility, which built-in arithmetic was designed to replace: % expr 3 / 8 0 % expr 3.0 / 8.0 expr: non-numeric argument