BASH question

[M.Lewis]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> 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".
> 

That explains the '0' value.

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