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Re: [the result of $[23**15] is wrong]
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Robert Elz |
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Re: [the result of $[23**15] is wrong] |
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Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:41:40 +0700 |
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:10:38 +0800 (CST)
From: root@ROCKY8-5-WL.localdomain
Message-ID: <20220711141038.BE1E299F00@ROCKY8-5-WL.localdomain>
Should we be attempting to reply to root@ROCKY8-5-WL.localdomain ?
I'm not going to bother.
| [root@ROCKY8-5-02 ~]#echo $[23**15]
| 8380818432457522983
In addition to what Chet & Greg said:
jacaranda$ echo '(23^15) % (2^64)' | bc
8380818432457522983
So, given the 64 bit limitation the answer is quite good...
kre
ps: Isn't $[ supposed to be obsolete?