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Convert a string to an integer

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cdeardor

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I'm trying to compare 2 values in my script. Problem is, one is a string and the other is an integer. Can anyone give me an example of how you would convert a string to an integer on linux inside a shell script?
 
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typeset -i intVar=$strVar

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Perfect. It didn't seem to like decimals, but that wasn't a hard to work around. Thank you!
 
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If you want decimal values you have to play with bc

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