Math Expressions
The Tcl interpreter itself does not evaluate math expressions. Tcl just does grouping, substitutions and command invocations. The expr command is used to parse and evaluate math expressions.
Example 1-4 Simple arithmetic.
expr 7.2 / 4
=> 1.8
|
The math syntax supported by expr is the same as the C expression syntax. The expr command deals with integer, floating point, and boolean values. Logical operations return either 0 (false) or 1 (true). Integer values are promoted to floating point values as needed. Octal values are indicated by a leading zero (e.g., 033 is 27 decimal). Hexadecimal values are indicated by a leading 0x. Scientific notation for floating point numbers is supported. A summary of the operator precedence is ...
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