I have created 5 arrays which contains only floating numbers (contains positive and negative numbers).
Following are the arrays which are declared:
I need to perform below formula on the arrays but it's not working.
Is there any other approach?
for((i =1 ; i <(#$assets[@]}; i++));do
echo ${assets[i]} - ( ${reported[i]} + ( ${affiliate[i]} * -1 ) + ${loans[i]} + (${credit[i]} - ${debit[i]})) | bc >> test.log
First thing: bash variables cannot be treated directly as floating point values. Numeric bash values are only integers.
You can use another tool to perform the floating point calculation. i.e. you can use "bc" like you did in your snippet of code.
Your problem is most likely with the parenthesis that are interpreted by bash and not sent to "bc". You have got to build your calculation first as a string before passing it to bc.
I'd write it like this:
echo "${assets[i]} - ( ${reported[i]} + ( ${affiliate[i]} * -1 ) + ${loans[i]} + ( ${credit[i]} - ${debit[i]} ))" | bc
echo "..." | bc >> test.logi < ${#assets[@]}