Eben King wrote:
> Anyone know how to truncate values in dc(1)? I RTFMed but couldn't
> find it. For example:
>
> If I set the precision to three places:
>
> 3k
>
> and then calculate 1/3:
>
> 1 3/p
> .333
>
> It's correct. Supposing I only want one place to the right of the
> decimal point:
>
> 1k
>
> Adding 0 or 0.0, or multiplying by 1 or 1.0 won't work:
>
> 0+p
> .333
> 0.0+p
> .333
>
> 1*p
> .333
> 1.0*p
> .333
>
> So how do I do it?
>
Before doing your math, send "1 k" to set the precision to 1 decimal
place. For example:
1 k 1 3/p
yields:
.3
--ronan
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