On 06/22/2004 11:27:12 PM, Tim Gorman wrote: > Sorry, my friend, but that doesn't work... > > $ if [ 1.2 > 1.0 ]; then > > echo "yes" > > else echo "no" > > fi > yes > > $ if [ 1.2 > 1.3 ]; then > > echo "yes" > > else echo "no" > > fi > yes > > The following is rather annoying, but it seems to work... > > $ if [[ "`bc << __EOF__^J1.2 > 1.0^J__EOF__`" = "1" ]] > > then > > echo yes > > else echo no > > fi > yes > > $ if [[ "`bc << __EOF__^J1.2 > 1.3^J__EOF__`" = "1" ]] > > then > > echo yes > > else echo no > > fi > no > Hey Tim, long time no see! It seems that "-gt" is the correct comparison operator for the numerical values. Other then that, pdksh has only integer arithmetic implemented. Here is a revised version, without those pesky decimal points: $ cat /tmp/ttt;/tmp/ttt #!/bin/ksh if [ 2 -gt 3 ]; then echo "yes"; else echo "no"; fi; if [ 3 -gt 2 ]; then echo "yes"; else echo "no"; fi; no yes $ My preferred shell (all right, it's an interpreter, not a shell) for that kind of tricks is perl. It looks much nicer: $ cat /tmp/ttt;/tmp/ttt #!/usr/bin/perl if (1.2 > 1.3) { print "yes\n"; } else { print "no\n"; } if (1.3 > 1.2) { print "yes\n"; } else { print "no\n"; } print "The sum is:", 1.2+1.3,"\n"; no yes The sum is:2.5 $ -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------