Hi Tobias, On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 03:48:27PM +0000, Martens, Tobias wrote: > echo "-(1)^2" | bc > 1 > > I would have expected -1. This behavior is unmathematical and very > confusing, because otherwise bc acts quite logic.
bc did exactly what you asked it to do. You probably meant to write:
echo "-(1^2)" | bc
Thanks,
Erik
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