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[PATCH 15/15] t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh: replace using expr for arithmetic operations with the equivalent shell builtin

From
Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2016, 10:20 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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expr is considered generally antiquated. It is best to use for arithmetic operations the shell $((..)).

To quote POSIX:
    "The expr utility has a rather difficult syntax [...] In many cases, the arithmetic
    and string features provided as part of the shell command language are easier to use
    than their equivalents in expr. Newly written scripts should avoid expr in favor of
    the new features within the shell."
Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
---
 t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh b/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh
index e4e3e28..0b0b60f 100755
--- a/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh
+++ b/t/t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ f() {
 	while test $i -le $2
 	do
 		echo $i
-		i=$(expr $i + 1)
+		i=$(( $i + 1 ))
 	done
 	echo $3
 }
-- 
2.5.0
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  1. 14/15 git-am.sh: replace using expr for arithmetic operations with the equivalent shell builtinElia Pinto, Feb 4, 2016
  2. 15/15 t4032-diff-inter-hunk-context.sh: replace using expr for arithmetic operations with the equivalent shell builtinElia Pinto, Feb 4, 2016
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 4, 2016
  4. Elia PintoFeb 4, 2016
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 4, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2016
  7. Eric SunshineFeb 4, 2016
  8. Elia PintoFeb 5, 2016
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