feat(unitproc/bkt-randFloat):Update to use printf

diff --git a/unitproc/bkt-randFloat b/unitproc/bkt-randFloat
index eb5ef4933046d771453efaaff32624bd5a794385..077e8d01a877df6bb30fb90e9c58f1c3604a0dd3 100644 (file)
--- a/unitproc/bkt-randFloat
+++ b/unitproc/bkt-randFloat
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 #==BEGIN Function Definitions==
 randFloat() {
 
 #==BEGIN Function Definitions==
 randFloat() {

-    # Desc: Output random float with no newline
+    # Desc: Output random float

     # Usage: randFloat arg1
     # Inputs: arg1: number of decimal places
     # Output: stdout: float as decimal string
     # Usage: randFloat arg1
     # Inputs: arg1: number of decimal places
     # Output: stdout: float as decimal string

-    # Version: 0.0.1
+    # Version: 0.1.0

     # Note: Outputs float from 0.000... to 0.999...
     # Note: Default number of decimals is 5.
     # Ref/Attrib: Integer test regular expression https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923
     # Note: Outputs float from 0.000... to 0.999...
     # Note: Default number of decimals is 5.
     # Ref/Attrib: Integer test regular expression https://stackoverflow.com/a/806923


@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ randFloat() {
 
     # Produce output
     decimals="$(head -c ${arg1:-5} < <(LC_ALL=C tr -cd "[:digit:]" < <(cat /dev/urandom)))";
 
     # Produce output
     decimals="$(head -c ${arg1:-5} < <(LC_ALL=C tr -cd "[:digit:]" < <(cat /dev/urandom)))";

-    echo 0."$decimals";
-}
+    printf "0.%s\n" "$decimals";
+}; # output random float [0.00000 1.00000] to stdout

 #==END Function Definitions==
 
 #==BEGIN sample code==
 #==END Function Definitions==
 
 #==BEGIN sample code==