1 SC3019

Lucas Larson edited this page 2021-03-31 14:07:54 -04:00

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• In POSIX sh, exponentials are undefined.
• Problematic code:
• Correct code:

In POSIX sh, exponentials are undefined.

Problematic code:

ShellCheck noticed you're using **-notation with two asterisks to obtain an exponent's value. Some examples:

#!/bin/sh
echo $((2 ** 3)) # Using `**` for an exponent is undefined in POSIX sh.

Correct code:

Other possibilities exist:

#!/bin/sh
echo $((2 * 2 * 2))   # equivalent to `bash`'s `echo $((2 ** 3))`
echo '2 ^ 3' | bc     # piping the formula to `bc` to parse the output https://stackoverflow.com/a/13111995
printf '2 ^ 3\n' | bc # piping using `printf` (newline `\n` is mandatory)

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