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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:21:04 -0400
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Subject: Re: typeset sem-failures in PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2
From: Matt Wozniski <godlygeek AT gmail DOT com>
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On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Paul McFerrin wrote:
> Hello:
>
> The following simple script fails to produce a leading "0" on variable
> "nextnum". =C2=A0Am I doing something wrong or did I discover a bug?
>
> PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2
> /home/paul.$ cat /lbin/testit2
> #!/bin/pdksh
> n=3D"06"
> typeset -L2 nextnum
> nextnum=3D`expr $n + 01`
> echo $nextnum
>
> /home/paul.$ =C2=A0/lbin/testit2 =C2=A07

Looks like the correct behavior to me - the result is 7 (which is 06 +
1) left aligned, just like you asked for.  Were you looking for
"typeset -Z2" instead, for right aligned with zero padding in a field
of width two?

~Matt

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