Creating a calculator script - bash

Question

I am trying to make a calculator with a bash script.
The user enters a number, chooses whether they wish to add, subtract, multiply or divide. Then the user enters a second number and is able to choose whether to do the sum, or add, subtract, multiply or divide again on a loop.
I cannot rack my head around this right now
echo Please enter a number
read number
echo What operation would you like to perform: 1: Add, 2: Subtract, 3: Multiple, 4: Divide
read operation
case $operation in
1) math='+';;
2) math='-';;
3) math='*';;
4) math='/';;
*) math='not an option, please select again';;
esac
echo "$number $math"
echo Please enter a number
read number2
echo What operation would you like to perform: 1: Add, 2: Subtract, 3: Multiple, 4: Divide, 5: Equals
read operation2
case $operation2 in
1)math2='Add';;
2)math2='Subtract';;
3)math2='Multiply';;
4)math2='Divide';;
5)math2='Equals';;
*)math2='not an option, please select again';;
esac
echo You have selected $math2
exit 0
This is what I have done so far, but can anyone help me work out how to loop back on the calculator?

Answer 1

The lesser-known shell builtin command select is handy for this kind of menu-driven program:
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
read -p "what's the first number? " n1
read -p "what's the second number? " n2
PS3="what's the operation? "
select ans in add subtract multiply divide; do
case $ans in
add) op='+' ; break ;;
subtract) op='-' ; break ;;
multiply) op='*' ; break ;;
divide) op='/' ; break ;;
*) echo "invalid response" ;;
esac
done
ans=$(echo "$n1 $op $n2" | bc -l)
printf "%s %s %s = %s\n\n" "$n1" "$op" "$n2" "$ans"
done
Sample output
what's the first number? 5
what's the second number? 4
1) add
2) subtract
3) multiply
4) divide
what's the operation? /
invalid response
what's the operation? 4
5 / 4 = 1.25000000000000000000
If I was going to get fancy with bash v4 features and DRY:
#!/bin/bash
PS3="what's the operation? "
declare -A op=([add]='+' [subtract]='-' [multiply]='*' [divide]='/')
while true; do
read -p "what's the first number? " n1
read -p "what's the second number? " n2
select ans in "${!op[#]}"; do
for key in "${!op[#]}"; do
[[ $REPLY == $key ]] && ans=$REPLY
[[ $ans == $key ]] && break 2
done
echo "invalid response"
done
formula="$n1 ${op[$ans]} $n2"
printf "%s = %s\n\n" "$formula" "$(bc -l <<< "$formula")"
done

Answer 2

Wrapping Code in a Loop
If you just want to wrap your code in a Bash looping construct, and are willing to hit CTRL-C to terminate the loop rather than do something more fancy, then you can wrap your code in a while-loop. For example:
while true; do
: # Your code goes here, inside the loop.
done
Just make sure to move your unconditional exit statement out of the body of the loop. Otherwise, the loop will terminate whenever it reaches that line.

Answer 3

For your ~/.bashrc:
alias bc="BC_ENV_ARGS=<(echo "scale=2") \bc"
Just use bc, with that alias it automatically works with two decimals instead of integers.

Answer 4

!/bin/bash
PS3="what's the operation? "
declare -A op=([add]='+' [subtract]='-' [multiply]='*' [divide]='/')
while true; do
read -p "what's the first number? " n1
read -p "what's the second number? " n2
select ans in "${!op[#]}"; do
for key in "${!op[#]}"; do
[[ $REPLY == $key ]] && ans=$REPLY
[[ $ans == $key ]] && break 2
done
echo "invalid response"
done
formula="$n1 ${op[$ans]} $n2"
printf "%s = %s\n\n" "$formula" "$(bc -l <<< "$formula")"
done

Answer 5

Please use the following script.
clear
sum=0
i="y"
echo " Enter one no."
read n1
echo "Enter second no."
read n2
while [ $i = "y" ]
do
echo "1.Addition"
echo "2.Subtraction"
echo "3.Multiplication"
echo "4.Division"
echo "Enter your choice"
read ch
case $ch in
1)sum=`expr $n1 + $n2`
echo "Sum ="$sum;;
2)sum=`expr $n1 - $n2`
echo "Sub = "$sum;;
3)sum=`expr $n1 \* $n2`
echo "Mul = "$sum;;
4)sum=`expr $n1 / $n2`
echo "Div = "$sum;;
*)echo "Invalid choice";;
esac
echo "Do u want to continue ?"
read i
if [ $i != "y" ]
then
exit
fi
done

Answer 6

#calculator
while (true) # while loop 1
do
echo "enter first no"
read fno
if [ $fno -eq $fno 2>/dev/null ]; # if cond 1 -> checking integer or not
then
c=1
else
echo "please enter an integer"
c=0
fi # end of if 1
if [ $c -eq 1 ]; #if 2
then
break
fi # end of if 2
done # end of whie 1
while(true) #while loop 2
do
echo "enter second no"
read sno
if [ $sno -eq $sno >/dev/null 2>&1 ] # if cond 3 -> checking integer or not
then
c=1
else
echo "please enter an integer"
c=0
fi # end of if 3
if [ $c -eq 1 ] # if cond 4
then
break
fi # end of if 4
done #2
while(true) # while loop 3
do
printf "enter the operation (add,div,mul,sub) of $fno and $sno\n"
read op
count=0
##addition
if [ $op = add ] #if cond 5
then
echo "$fno+$sno is `expr $fno + $sno`"
#multiplication
elif [ $op = mul ];
then
echo "$fno*$sno is `expr $fno \* $sno`"
#substraction
elif [ $op = sub ]
then
while(true) #while loop 3.1
do
printf "what do you want to do??? \n 1. $fno-$sno \n 2. $sno-$fno"
printf "\n press the option you want to perform?(1 or 2)\n"
read opt
if [ $opt = 1 ] #if cond 5.1
then
echo "$fno-$sno is `expr $fno - $sno`"
break
elif [ $opt = 2 ]
then
echo " $sno-$fno is `expr $sno - $fno`"
break
else "please enter valid options to proceed(1 or 2)";
clear
fi #end of if 5.1
done # end of 3.1
#division
elif [ $op = div ]
then
while(true) # whilw loop 3.2
do
printf "what do you want to do??? \n 1. $fno/$sno \n 2. $sno/$fno"
printf "\n press the option you want to perform?(1 or 2)\n"
read opt
if [ $opt = 1 ] #if cond 5.2
then
echo "$fno divided by $sno is `expr $fno / $sno`"
break
elif [ $opt = 2 ]
then
echo " $sno divided by $fno is `expr $sno / $fno`"
break
else
clear
fi #end of if 5.2
done # end of 3.2
else
echo "valid option please!!!"
count=1
fi # end of if 5
if [ $count -eq 0 ] #if cond 6
then
echo "Do you want to do more ops"
echo "(y/n)"
read ans
clear
if [ $ans = n ] # if 6.1
then
break
fi # end of if 6.1
fi #end of if 6
done #end of while 3