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Re: printf
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: printf |
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Sat, 18 Aug 2001 10:06:14 +0200 |
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"Phil E. Fraley" <address@hidden> wrote:
> result:
>
> /home/pef/magd>printf "%.6f\n" "320./57."
> printf: 320./57.: value not completely converted
> 320.000000
I don't see a problem.
Did you expect it to do the division for you?
printf doesn't do that.
You could use bc to do the arithmetic and printing:
$ echo 'scale=6;320/57'|bc
5.614035
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