On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:53:02 -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-03-07T09:48:56Z, "Michael D. Crawford" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there something like what I want for debian, or if not is there > > something I can compile from source? > > `bc' comes with Debian. Start it with the -l flag (to do float > math), set ibase to 16, and enter A-F in caps. The ">" and ":" show > what I typed and what bc displayed, respectively. > > $ bc -l > > ibase=16 > > A+B > : 21 > > 1A.C9E > : 26.788
But how about output in hexadecimal? $ bc -l > ibase=16 > obase=16 > 1.23456 : 01.03 00 14 21 What does this means??? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]