<# .SYNOPSIS Lists PI .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script calculates and lists the digits of the mathematical constant PI. .PARAMETER digits Specifies the number of digits to list (10000 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$Digits = 10000) function List-Pi ( $Digits ) { $Big = [bigint[]](0..10) $ndigits = 0 $q = $t = $k = $Big[1] $r = $Big[0] $l = $n = $Big[3] # calculate first digit $nr = ( $Big[2] * $q + $r ) * $l $nn = ( $q * ( $Big[7] * $k + $Big[2] ) + $r * $l ) / ( $t * $l ) $q *= $k $t *= $l $l += $Big[2] $k = $k + $Big[1] $n = $nn $r = $nr Write-Host "$($n)." -noNewline $ndigits++ $nr = $Big[10] * ( $r - $n * $t ) $n = ( ( $Big[10] * ( 3 * $q + $r ) ) / $t ) - 10 * $n $q *= $Big[10] $r = $nr while ($ndigits -lt $Digits) { if ($Big[4] * $q + $r - $t -lt $n * $t) { Write-Host "$n" -noNewline $ndigits++ $nr = $Big[10] * ( $r - $n * $t ) $n = ( ( $Big[10] * ( 3 * $q + $r ) ) / $t ) - 10 * $n $q *= $Big[10] $r = $nr } else { $nr = ( $Big[2] * $q + $r ) * $l $nn = ( $q * ( $Big[7] * $k + $Big[2] ) + $r * $l ) / ( $t * $l ) $q *= $k $t *= $l $l += $Big[2] $k = $k + $Big[1] $n = $nn $r = $nr } } } try { List-Pi $Digits exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }