<# .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 (1000 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-pi 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([int]$Digits = 1000) 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 = $nr } } Write-Host "... ($Digits digits)" } try { List-Pi $Digits exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }