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Re: precision of pi [message #6550 is a reply to message #6457]

Wed, 03 July 1996 00:00

dan
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Registered: March 1993

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In article <31DA5CAA.3D0D@ic.ac.uk>, Jorn Helbert <jorn@ic.ac.uk> writes:
|> Hi,
|> a simple question:
|> Is there any way to enhance the precision of !pi or !dpi. 5 or 8
|> significant digits are really not much.
|>
|> cheers
|> jorn
|>
|> --
|> Joern Helbert
|>
|> Space and atmospheric physics group
|> Imperial College - London
|> phone: 0171 594-7898

I type

IDL> print,!dpi,format='(f50.40)'
3.1415926535897931159979634685441851615906

Looks to me as though you've got 16 good digits.
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