Re: bash: S>99?4:S>9?3:S>0?2:0: syntax error in expression

[Chet Ramey]

Archimerged Ark Submedes wrote:

> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 33
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>         gcc accepts the expression S>99?4:S>9?3:S>0?2:0
>         bash 3.2(33) does not.
>
> I claim this is a bash bug:  gcc is perfectly happy with S>99?4:S>9?3:S>0?2:0,
> but GNU bash, version 3.2.33(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) chokes on
> W=$((S>99?4:S>9?3:S>0?2:0)).  The bash man page promises that "The  operators
> and their precedence, associativity, and values are the same as in the
> C language."

Thanks for the report; it was an operator precedence problem.  It's
fixed for the next version.

Chet

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