How to add an integer number and a float number in a bash shell script

Question

I have two numbers:

value1=686
value2=228.35

I am not able to add an integer and a float. Please help me out to get the result.

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Answer 1

echo 1 + 3.5 | bc

awk "BEGIN {print 1+3.5; exit}"

python -c "print 1+3.5"

perl -e "print 1+3.5"

Just replace the numbers with your variables, eg: echo $n1 + $n2 | bc