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Ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter,

Syntax

Description

pi returns the floating-point number nearest the value of . The expressions 4*atan(1) and imag(log(-1)) provide the same value.

Examples

The expression sin(pi) is not exactly zero because pi is not exactly :

See Also

ans         The most recent answer

eps         Floating-point relative accuracy

i           Imaginary unit

Inf         Infinity

j           Imaginary unit

NaN         Not-a-Number



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