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Subject: Re: Possible bug in bc(1)
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Hi,

actually, if you "ignore \<newline><whitespace> within numbers", your
input reads 2*12*1, doesn't it?

W.

Am 20.02.2016 um 12:07 schrieb Ruslan Makhmatkhanov:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm getting strange result with something looking like valid data:
> 
> [rm@smsh-zfs ~]> bc
> 2*1\
> 2*1
> 24
> 
> I'd expect the output being like that:
> 2*1\
> 2
> 2*1
> 2
> 
> What I see in bc(1) man-page regarding to backslash is:
> "The sequence ‘\<newline><whitespace>’ is ignored within numbers."
> 
> So looks like it doesn't actually ignored or I missing something?
> 
> Thanks for clarification.
>