Dick Moores wrote: > Paul Rubin wrote at 18:20 4/13/2005: > >Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I need to figure out how to compute pi to base 12, to as many digits > > > as possible. I found this reference, > > > <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Base.html>, but I really don't > > > understand it well enough. Could someone show me how to do what I need? > > > >Using the GNU "bc" utility: > > > > $ bc -l > > bc 1.06 > > Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > > For details type `warranty'. > > scale = 3000 # number of output places wanted > > obase = 12 # output base > > print 4 * a(1) # pi = 4*arctan(1) > > I don't believe GNU "bc" is available for Windows, is it? > > Thanks, > > Dick Moores > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice collection of unix tools, Cygwin not needed. http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ hth, M.E.Farmer
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