X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Kevin Markle Subject: Re: Doing additions in cygwin? Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:45:14 -0400 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <297343D29C14AA4D822142893ABEAEF302E4D041@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> Reply-To: kmarkle@pbs.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com It happens that Thrall, Bryan formulated : > Kevin Markle wrote on Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:49 PM: >> Hello, >> >> I'm attemping to use the expr variable and am having problems. when I >> type test=expr 1+1 or >> test=`expr 1+1` or >> test='expr 1 + 1' or >> >> with and without quotes?? I just want to create a variable based on >> and expression? > > (1) You didn't really describe what problems you're seeing (I think I > know what they are, though). > > (2) expr wants separate arguments, like "expr 1 + 1", not "expr 1+1". > > (3) use backtics to get the output when you set the variable: > "test=`expr 1 + 1`", not "test='expr 1 + 1'". > > (4) This isn't really Cygwin-specific, so it would be better to try "man > expr" (for how to use expr) or "man bash" (for quoting rules). > > Hope this helps! I tryed it your way and it worked as well thanks again! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/