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kalebo 262561ca78 Changing wording in scale example
* 'decimal places' used instead of 'precision'  
* Implicit example of using scale
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bc

Calculator.

  • Run calculator in interactive mode using the standard math library:

bc -l

  • Calculate the result of an expression:

bc <<< "(1 + 2) * 2 ^ 2"

  • Calculate expression and force number of decimal places to 10:

bc <<< "scale=10; 5 / 3"

  • Calculate expression with sine and cosine using mathlib:

bc -l <<< "s(1) + c(1)"