[geeks] expr and math

[Scott Howard]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 03:59:26PM -0400, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " If you want unlimited precision math, use bc
> 
> or, in ksh, $(( )):
> 
> print $((90 * 1000000000))
> 
> works fine.  and of course for you douglas adams fans,

ksh% print $((90 * 1000000000000))
90000000000000
ksh% print $((90 * 100000000000000000))
9000000000000000000
ksh% print $((90 * 10000000000000000000000))
1803387784686206976

  Scott