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bug#24561: Unmathematical bc exponentiation behavior
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From: |
Erik Auerswald |
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Subject: |
bug#24561: Unmathematical bc exponentiation behavior |
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Date: |
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:52:46 +0200 |
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User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
Hi Tobias,
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 03:48:27PM +0000, Martens, Tobias wrote:
> echo "-(1)^2" | bc
> 1
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> I would have expected -1. This behavior is unmathematical and very
> confusing, because otherwise bc acts quite logic.
bc did exactly what you asked it to do. You probably meant to write:
echo "-(1^2)" | bc
Thanks,
Erik
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