Here is a quick and dirty multi precision calculator
which I just knocked off in perl.
It will evaluate and print any reasonable math string including
perls built in math functions such as sqrt, log, sin cos and so forth.
You can change precision by putting a entering a p followed by the number of
decimal positions you want displayed. I default to 2 for money related
calculations.
Just be sure yyour version of perl is correctly pointed to by the first line.
Have fun.
Rudy
-----------------cut here-----------------------
#!//usr/bin/perl
$prec=2;
while (<STDIN>)
{
chomp $_;
/^q/ and exit;
/^p/ and s/^p *// and $prec = $_ and next;
$rv= eval "$_";
printf ("%.${prec}f\n", $rv);
}
_______________________________________________
Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list