Thanks, this does work for addition and subtraction. The problem I
run into is when I try to divide and return a decimal.
For example:
!echo '(17/32)*1000' | bc #returns 0; The problem is that the
scale variable in bc must be set to a number other than zero in order
to display the calculation correctly.
I have figured out that I can use !bc or !python and when I exit the
external program, return to the buffer. For now this works okay.
I'm just always lookin' for a better/simpler way.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Kevin
On Jun 4, 2006, at 12:48 AM, Yakov Lerner wrote:
On 6/4/06, stri ker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I frequently need to do some basic calculations. I have used the
following within Vim for Integer calculations:
:echo (4+7)*3-14
19
My question is this:
Is there a way to do calculations with doubles instead of integers
without piping to an external program like bc and then inserting into
a buffer?
:r!echo '491.41 - 29.74' | bc
I understand that you want to see the result, not
insert it into the buffer. How about this:
:!echo '491.41 - 29.74' | bc
Yakov
