0<number> is parsed as octal in places, so 09 would be bogus if octal.
2017-08-11 12:56 GMT+02:00 Alessandro DE LAURENZIS <[email protected] >: > Dear misc@ readers, > > I was doing a little exercise with integer arithmetics and noticed the > following: > > [....................snip....................] > $ echo $(expr -09 % 3) > 0 > [....................snip....................] > > [....................snip....................] > $ echo $((-09 % 3)) > sh: -09 % 3: bad number `09' > [....................snip....................] > > bash seems to behave same way; just wondering if this inconsistency is > expected... > > -- > Alessandro DE LAURENZIS > [mailto:[email protected]] > LinkedIn: http://it.linkedin.com/in/delaurenzis > > -- May the most significant bit of your life be positive.
