On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:01:53 -0800, ach360 wrote: > I'm so lost. Given the formula pi=4-4/3+4/5-4/7+4/9-4/11+...... How do I > print a table showing approximate value of pi by computing one term4-4/3 > then two terms4-4/3+4/5, and so on.Then how many terms of the series > before I get 3.14, 3.141, 3.1415, 3.14159. Please helps computer teacher > literally says figure it out and doesn't help and expects a perfect > program.this is in python 3 please give an answer I can understand and > an example. Thanks :) :)
First, you need to know what the formula for pi actually is. You can find that by googling, or look it up in a maths book. You should expect something like pi = sum from i=0 to infinity of 4 divided by (something) Then you want a program to print a table that looks something like this: i value 0 xxxxx 1 xxxxx 2 xxxxx etc., where the "xxxxx" will get filled in later, and the table stops at a certain maximum value of i. Here is a hint: for i in range(100): x = "calculate something" print("%d %s" % (i, x) Does that get you started? Try writing some code and see how far you get. Good luck! > I need this right now. > Thanks for your time. > > I need this ASAP Then you better get started straight away then. Turn off Facebook and Twitter and do some real work. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list