Re: integer or float?

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025, at 3:57 PM, Ray Andrews wrote:
> ... anyway I've figured out that 'integer idx' cures the problem, so it 
> seems that forcefloat affects a scalar but not an integer which seems 
> backwards.

It does affect integer variables, but it doesn't affect the values
that get stored in such variables.  Here's what I mean:

	% setopt FORCE_FLOAT
	% unset -v i j
	% i=
	% echo $((i = 1))
	1.
	% typeset -p i
	typeset i=1.
	% integer j
	% echo $((j = 1))
	1
	% echo $((j))
	1.
	% typeset -p j
	typeset -i j=1


> Also, '1.' is mathematically distasteful is it not?  The 
> trailing dot is rude

It's valid in zsh arithmetic, so it doesn't matter whether it's
"distasteful" or "rude".  You should be formatting the output with
printf or print -f anyway, if you care about its appearance.

	% unset -v k
	% k=1.
	% printf '%d\n' $k
	1


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