Re: built-in printf %f parameter format depend on LC_NUMERIC

[Chet Ramey]

On 7/12/19 3:46 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:

> uh huh ...
> 
>          LC_NUMERIC
> 
>              This category specifies the  decimal  and  thousands
>              delimiters.  The  information  corresponding to this
>              category is stored in a  database   created  by  the
>              localedef()    command.   The   default   C   locale
>              corresponds to "." as the decimal delimiter  and  no
>              thousands  delimiter.  This  environment variable is
>              used by localeconv(3C), printf(3C), and strtod(3C).

I assume this means that bc doesn't use strtod.

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