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# Simple calculator
function calc() {
	local result="";
	result="$(printf "scale=10;$*\n" | bc --mathlib | tr -d '\\\n')";
	#                       └─ default (when `--mathlib` is used) is 20
	#
	if [[ "$result" == *.* ]]; then
		# improve the output for decimal numbers
		printf "$result" |
		sed -e 's/^\./0./'        `# add "0" for cases like ".5"` \
		    -e 's/^-\./-0./'      `# add "0" for cases like "-.5"`\
		    -e 's/0*$//;s/\.$//';  # remove trailing zeros
	else
		printf "$result";
	fi;
	printf "\n";
}