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Calculates pi
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| from decimal import * | |
| getcontext().prec = 100 | |
| def calcPi(precision): | |
| sign = 1.0 | |
| denominator = 1 | |
| sum = Decimal(0.0) | |
| for i in range(precision): | |
| sum += Decimal(1.0)/Decimal(denominator)*Decimal(sign) | |
| sign = -sign | |
| denominator = denominator+2 | |
| return sum | |
| print str(calcPi(100)*Decimal(4.0)) |
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