OpenEuphoria

Re: Version 2.1 alpha-test release now available!

• Posted by Greg Phillips <i.shoot at REDNECKS.COM> Jan 15, 1999
• 452 views

Quality wrote:

> Just one idea...
>
> >
> >       the constant PI - 3.14159... was added to misc.e
> >
>
> How about making it a function where PI(x) would return a number with x
> positions of significance **after** the decimal, truncated -- not rounded
>  ie: PI(4) returns {3.1415} ].
>
> PI() alone would return the largest available value for this and all future
> versions of Euphoria.
>
> ?

 Odd you should mention that, I *just* wrote a function that does that....and
allows the choice between truncation and rounding Pi.... ie:  PI(4,0) is
3.1415, while PI(3,1) is 3.142

if anyone's interested, I'll post the source

Greg



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