Pi?

RH

I may be missing something very obvious but I can't find a way to input pi. As in the 3.141...

I was wondering if you can use a pi as I wanted to calculate the area of a circle using pi*r^2

Thanks for any help

Eastbound

Why don't you just use the decimal equivalent?

quantumsheep

Are you suggesting he makes his own Pi?

:P

QS

sdpardue

If he does make his own, given the current climate i suggest an Apple Pi.

Kamazar

The decimal equivalent would be ever so slightly inaccurate, but it'd have to work. Try cramming in 10 spaces if you can.

IntelligentDesigner

Don't estimate - use (22/7) - It is very accurate. (Make sure you put the result into a floating point field)

ORBZ

22/7 = 3.14285... and requires cpu computation (although very slight)

assigning a constant Game.PI (float) = 3.14159... is precise, requires no cpu computation and is human readable in code.

Also you could just use 3.2, or 4, or 3.23... if you live in Indiana.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-legislature-once-pass-a-law-saying-pi-equals-3