How to sum a bash array of numbers (some in scientific notation)?

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                          Since the following command using bc does not work for numbers in scientific notation, I was wondering about an alternative, e.g. using awk?

    sum=$( IFS="+"; bc <<< "${arrValues[*]}" )

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Nov 6, 2013, 03:59 PM
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How to sum a bash array of numbers (some in scientific notation)?

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