From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18814 invoked from network); 1 Dec 1998 15:41:11 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 1 Dec 1998 15:41:11 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA15257; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 10:37:22 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 10:37:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <9812011520.AA32984@ibmth.df.unipi.it> To: Todd Graham Lewis , zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: floating point in zsh? In-Reply-To: "Todd Graham Lewis"'s message of "Tue, 01 Dec 1998 10:19:33 NFT." Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 16:20:33 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"m2zL02.0.Kk3.nq0Ps"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4695 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Todd Graham Lewis wrote: > Sorry if this is an FAQ, but how does one do floating point math in zsh? > Is it possible at all? Do I have to code up some int->fp shell routines? > 8^) Nobody has added any support yet. On the other hand, there's no fundamental difficulty adding a `float' type to go along with `integer'. I suppose most people use perl when it comes to that. -- Peter Stephenson Tel: +39 050 844536 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Buonarroti 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy