i wrote a short code in python to find pi and this is what i got.

 

 

 

import math



l = 0



n = 0



z = 0



pi = 0



p = 0



t = 0



t = input("how long do you want the program to run?: ")



while l < t:



l = l + 1



n = n + 1



p = p + 1/n**2



z = p * 6



pi = math.sqrt(z)



print pi



print l



print n



print z



print "pi"



print p



print t

 

 

 

result

 

 

 

how long do you want the program to run?: 7



2.44948974278



7



7



6



pi



1



7

 

 

 

last time i looked pi != 2.44948974278 however i did it on my calcilatior and found an answer very very close to pi so i figure if i continue it will continue getting closer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what i found was 2.44948974278**2 = 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

python is rounding the

while l < t:



  l = l + 1



  n = n + 1



  p = p + 1/n**2 

section to p = 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the right answers should be simular to

pi = 3.14159



z = 9.8696



p = 1.6449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thank you

Congratulations.

So is this a problem? Or do you want recognition for this amazing less-than-20-lines program? What's the point of this post, exactly? :?

no im asking if anyone can help me fix the problem with python rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i guess not then

python.org would have a much better equipped community to put that question to :) I don't think there would be many people on this forum that even know what python is.

no im asking if anyone can help me fix the problem with python rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i guess not then

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know python very well, but shouldn't you set a double/single data type on those variables? I'd be guessing their integers at the moment :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharper's right though, a python forum would be a better place.