import sys import math from decimal import * def main(argv): if len(argv) != 1: sys.exit('Usage: calc_pi.py ') print '\nComputing Pi v.01\n' a = Decimal(1.0) b = Decimal(1.0/math.sqrt(2)) t = Decimal(1.0)/Decimal(4.0) p = Decimal(1.0) for i in range(int(sys.argv[1])): at = Decimal((a+b)/2) bt = Decimal(math.sqrt(a*b)) tt = Decimal(t - p*(a-at)**2) pt = Decimal(2*p) a = at;b = bt;t = tt;p = pt my_pi = (a+b)**2/(4*t) accuracy = 100*(Decimal(math.pi)-my_pi)/my_pi print "Pi is approximately: " + str(my_pi) print "Accuracy with math.pi: " + str(accuracy) if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:])