Ryan, And try this: #!/bin/ksh if [ 1.2 > 1.0 ]; then echo yes else echo no fi echo done1 let "v1 = 1" let "v2 = 2" let "v3 = v1 + v2" echo $v3 if [ $v3 = 3 ]; then echo equals 3 Fi Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Mercadante, Thomas F [mailto:thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:15 PM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Cc: 'ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: korn shell and arithmetic Ryan, Did you try this? if [ 1.2 > 1.0 ]; then echo yes else echo no fi Worked for me. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:06 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: OT:korn shell and arithmetic I don't know any unix listservs... so I hope this is ok. I am trying to do the following: if [ 1.2 -gt 1.0 ]; then echo yes else echo no fi It alwys comes out no? Anyway to get around this? Also when I do: expr 0 + 0, I get a $? of 1, which kills my error handling. any idea why? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------