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Minor error in bc man page found
From: |
Ken Hansen |
Subject: |
Minor error in bc man page found |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:15:18 -0400 |
Hello,
Below is a copy of a note I sent to the author of the bc utility regarding a
minor problem in th eman page, as included in the Red Hat 6.2 distribution -
I assume this is common to all implementations.
I sent this note to the author before I found this email address for bug
reports...
Thank you for your time and assistance in correcting this little problem.
Ken Hansen
address@hidden
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hansen" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 8:11 AM
Subject: hello?
> I was tinkering around with bc on Red Hat Linux 6.2 on my Sparcstation 5,
> and found a small error in the man page for bc - I am sending this to you
as
> you were listed as the program author.
>
> There is a checkbook example printed that is missing two print
statements -
> the code listed in the man page is as follows:
>
> scale=2
> print "\nCheck book program!\n"
> print " Remember, deposits are negative transactions.\n"
> print " Exit by a 0 transaction.\n\n"
>
> print "Initial balance? "; bal = read()
> bal /= 1
> print "\n"
> while (1) {
> "current balance = "; bal
> "transaction? "; trans = read()
> if (trans == 0) break;
> bal -= trans
> bal /= 1
> }
> quit
>
> There should be print commands in front of both the "current balance=" and
> "transaction?" prompts, as below:
>
> scale=2
> print "\nCheck book program!\n"
> print " Remember, deposits are negative transactions.\n"
> print " Exit by a 0 transaction.\n\n"
>
> print "Initial balance? "; bal = read()
> bal /= 1
> print "\n"
> while (1) {
> print "current balance = "; bal
> print "transaction? "; trans = read()
> if (trans == 0) break;
> bal -= trans
> bal /= 1
> }
> quit
>
> I realize this is not a big difference, and should be fairly obvious (I
> caught it, and I am not that familiar with bc), but it also seems very
easy
> to correct too.
>
> Thanks for your work on the bc implementation, and I appreciate any
> assistance you can provide in getting the man page corrected.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken Hansen
> address@hidden
>
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