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def pi(places=10):
    "Computes pi to given number of decimal places"
    extra = 8
    one = 10 ** (places+extra)
    t, c, n, na, d, da = 3*one, 3*one, 1, 0, 0, 24
    while t > 1:
        n, na = n+na, na+8
        d, da = d+da, da+32
        t = (t * n) // d
        c += t
    return c // (10 ** extra)

def picirc(radius, screen_width=90, aspect_ratio=5):
    "Display the digit of pi in a circle of given radius"
    pi_str = repr(pi(int(2 * radius ** 2 * aspect_ratio)))
    pos = 0
    for i in range(2 * radius):
        cols = int(0.5 + aspect_ratio * (radius**2 - (radius-(i+0.5))**2) ** 0.5)
        print(pi_str[pos:pos+cols].center(screen_width))
        pos += cols

if __name__ == '__main__':
    picirc(16)

Diff to Previous Revision

--- revision 1 2012-05-12 19:15:28
+++ revision 2 2012-05-12 19:32:06
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         c += t
     return c // (10 ** extra)
 
-def picirc(radius, screen_width=80, aspect_ratio=4):
-    "Displays pi in a circles of given radiusius"
+def picirc(radius, screen_width=90, aspect_ratio=5):
+    "Display the digit of pi in a circle of given radius"
     pi_str = repr(pi(int(2 * radius ** 2 * aspect_ratio)))
     pos = 0
     for i in range(2 * radius):
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
         pos += cols
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    picirc(20)
+    picirc(16)

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