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Re: N=5 echo $[N-1] why doesn't it work as expected

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From: Miek Gieben <miek@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: N=5 echo $[N-1] why doesn't it work as expected
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:39:15 +0200
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[ Quoting Helmut Jarausch in "N=5 echo $[N-1] why doesn't it work"... ]
> Hi,
> 
> sorry for this very simple question.
> 
> N=2
> N=5 echo $[N-1]
> displays 1 - I'd expected 4.
> Would anybody please explain why?

$N is evaluated first, so it says:
N=5 echo $[2-1]

grtz Miek

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