1000 digits of pi in Python

Question

I have been thinking about this issue and I can\'t figure it out. Perhaps you can assist me. The problem is my code isn\'t working to output 1000 digits of pi in the Python

Answer 1

For up to 1 million digits of pi use math_pi (note: I am the author of the module)

Install with pip:

pip install math-pi

In Python:

>>> import math_pi
>>> print(math_pi.pi(b=1000))
3.1415926535...

Answer 2

Run this

def make_pi():
    q, r, t, k, m, x = 1, 0, 1, 1, 3, 3
    for j in range(1000):
        if 4 * q + r - t < m * t:
            yield m
            q, r, t, k, m, x = 10*q, 10*(r-m*t), t, k, (10*(3*q+r))//t - 10*m, x
        else:
            q, r, t, k, m, x = q*k, (2*q+r)*x, t*x, k+1, (q*(7*k+2)+r*x)//(t*x), x+2


my_array = []

for i in make_pi():
    my_array.append(str(i))

my_array = my_array[:1] + ['.'] + my_array[1:]
big_string = "".join(my_array)
print "here is a big string:\n %s" % big_string 

And read about yield operator from here: What does the "yield" keyword do?

Here is the answer:

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337

Answer 3

The accepted answer is incorrect, as noted in comments.

The OP's code appears to be based on an implementation of Spigot's algorithm copied from here.

To fix the code per the OP's question (although I renamed the variables and functions to match what they were in the original source), one solution might be:

#!/usr/bin/env python

DIGITS = 1000

def pi_digits(x):
    """Generate x digits of Pi."""
    q,r,t,k,n,l = 1,0,1,1,3,3
    while x >= 0:
        if 4*q+r-t < x*t:
            yield n
            x -= 1
            q,r,t,k,n,l = 10*q, 10*(r-n*t), t, k, (10*(3*q + r))/t-10*n, l
        else:
            q,r,t,k,n,l = q*k, (2*q+r)*l, t*l, k+1, (q*(7*k+2)+r*l)/(t*l), l+2

digits = [str(n) for n in list(pi_digits(DIGITS))]
print("%s.%s\n" % (digits.pop(0), "".join(digits)))

Also, here is a much faster* implementation, also apparently based on Spigot's algorithm:

#!/usr/bin/env python

DIGITS = 1000

def pi_digits(x):
    """Generate x digits of Pi."""
    k,a,b,a1,b1 = 2,4,1,12,4
    while x > 0:
        p,q,k = k * k, 2 * k + 1, k + 1
        a,b,a1,b1 = a1, b1, p*a + q*a1, p*b + q*b1
        d,d1 = a/b, a1/b1
        while d == d1 and x > 0:
            yield int(d)
            x -= 1
            a,a1 = 10*(a % b), 10*(a1 % b1)
            d,d1 = a/b, a1/b1

digits = [str(n) for n in list(pi_digits(DIGITS))]
print("%s.%s\n" % (digits.pop(0), "".join(digits)))

I tested both a few times against this online Pi digit generator.

All credit to this Gist by deeplook.

* Based on testing 10,000 digits, where I got about 7 seconds compared to about 1 second.

Answer 4

Here you can check whether your program outputs correct 1000 digits: http://spoj.com/CONSTANT

Of course you can use diff or tc as well but you'd have to copy these 1000 digits from somewhere and there you just submit your program and check whether the score is bigger than 999.

You can try to print even more digits there and thus get more points. Perhaps you'd enjoy it.

Answer 5

I'm not familiar with your algorithm. Is it an implementation of BBP?

In any case, your make_pi is a generator. Try using it in a for loop:

for digit in make_pi():
    print digit

Note that this loop is infinite: make_pi() never throws StopIteration