awk math

[Mag0007]

Hi:

I am trying to do some intensive numeric calculations with awk.

What are awk's limits? I am trying to a summation of a VERY large number, such as 4096^5 for starters...

any advice? is it possible to pipe to 'bc' with awk?

 

[feherke]

Hi

Never read about such detail. You can use [tt]bc[/tt], of course :

BEGIN {
  "echo " number "^" power | bc" | getline result
  print result
}

Feherke.

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