Re: bash man page needs more examples...(i.e. >0)

[Linda Walsh]

DJ Mills wrote:

> > OK. �How about if that sentence began with `When specifying n, the
> > digits greater ...'?
>
> declare -i foo; foo=20#a2; echo "$foo"
> 202
>
> [base#]n, 'base' is a INTEGER 2-64, then '#', followed by the number.


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Slightly more exact/pedantic, how about:

 Syntax for integer constants is "[BASE#]STRING", where BASE is in set {2..64},
'#' is the literal,  'hash' or 'crosshatch' (U+0023), and STRING represents a 
value in the BASE, using ordered characters:  0-9a-zA-Z@_, where
a = 11, b = 12, ... A = 37, B = 38, Z = 61, @ = 62, _ = 63.