Korn Shell Programming by Example

float

Official Description

Declares a variable as floating-point storage (allows a decimal point).

Syntax

float [variable[=value]]

Options

None

Oddities

Not available prior to ksh93.

float is an alias for typeset -E.

Example

$ float                      # No floats declared yet
$
$ float hourly=4.98          # Declare hourly as a float
$
$ float                      # Displays current floats
hourly=4.98
$
$ hourly=hourly+2            # Can do float arithmetic
$
$ print $hourly              # Display result
6.98
$