Semi-OT: Why Kids Can't use Computers

[Kevin Cozens]

On 13-08-15 03:32 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> #!/bin/bash
> for counter in {1..100}
> do
>    if [ $(( ${counter} % 15 )) -eq 0 ]; then echo  "Fizz-Buzz"
>    elif [ $(( ${counter} % 3 )) -eq 0 ]; then echo  "Fizz"
>    elif [ $(( ${counter} % 5 )) -eq 0 ]; then echo  "Buzz"
>    else echo ${counter}
>    fi
> done

Do you lose points for typos? (Fizz-Buzz instead of FizzBuzz)  :)

Under Linux Mint 14 which uses dash (instead of bash) as default kernel, the
example program doesn't run.

sh fizzbuzz.sh
fizzbuzz.sh: 4: fizzbuzz.sh: arithmetic expression: expecting primary: "
{1..100} % 15 "

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