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Use AppleScript as a simple calculator
Authored by: mike3k on Aug 11, '04 12:00:19PM

I use bc in the terminal window instead. It works the same way.



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bc eats decimals
Authored by: VRic on Aug 11, '04 02:15:51PM

Not the same. bc truncates decimals. I suppose there's an option somewhere but I doubt that's the default behavior most people expect from a calculator.

Examples:

Applescript (as typed/returned in Smile's worksheet -- spaces are added automatically around operators at runtime):
3 / 2
-- 1.5

bc (as typed/returned in Terminal, bc 1.05, Mac OS X 10.3.4):
3/2
1



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Re: bc eats decimals
Authored by: sjk on Aug 12, '04 01:59:24PM
Try bc -l (dash-el).

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