BASH question

[Ed Greshko]

Andy Green wrote:
> M.Lewis wrote:
>>
>> I thought this was simple, but I've not yet been able to figure out
>> what is wrong.
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> PERMINUTE=$((28.95/432000))
> 
> No floating point support :-)  But even then, be liberal with spaces
> 
> PERMINUTE=$(( 29 / 432000 ))

Right...and since bash only works with integers the result of this
calculation is "0".

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