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Re: forcing output type

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: forcing output type
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:18:52 -0400
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> The expression "2/3" is a truncating integer division; its value is
> exactly 0.  Just as in C, if you want to do a floating-point division
> you have to provide floating-point operands.

Would anyone object to something like $(( [#.] 2/3 )) to
avoid integer truncation?

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