In bash, how to store a return value in a variable?

Question

I know some very basic commands in Linux and am trying to write some scripts. I have written a function which evaluates the sum of last 2-digits in a 5-digit number. The fun

Answer 1

It's due to the echo statements. You could switch your echos to prints and return with an echo. Below works

#!/bin/bash

set -x
echo "enter: "
read input

function password_formula
{
        length=${#input}
        last_two=${input:length-2:length}
        first=`echo $last_two| sed -e 's/\(.\)/\1 /g'|awk '{print $2}'`
        second=`echo $last_two| sed -e 's/\(.\)/\1 /g'|awk '{print $1}'`
        let sum=$first+$second
        sum_len=${#sum}
        print $second
        print $sum

        if [ $sum -gt 9 ]
        then
           sum=${sum:1}
        fi

        value=$second$sum$first
        echo $value
}
result=$(password_formula)
echo $result