Date   : Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:45:21 +0100
From   : Richard Gellman <splodge@...>
Subject: Re: Quick to BBC

10 MODE 7
20 REM Starting factor is 2
30 pi = 2
40 FOR I%=2 to 50000000 STEP 2
50 pi = pi * i * i / ((i -1 ) * (i+1))
60 NEXT
70 PRINT "Pi is approximately: ";pi'
80 REM the next line is redundant
90 END

Not a lot different really :P

-- Richard

Tom Drage wrote:

>This is a program someone wrote for QuickBasic.
>
>
>DEFDBL A-Z 
>Pi = 2  'Starting factor 
>FOR i = 2 TO 5000000 STEP 2 
>    Pi = Pi * i * i / ((i - 1) * (i + 1)) 
>NEXT 
>PRINT "Pi is approximately:"; Pi 
>END  
>
>
>Would it be possible to convert that to BBC?
>
>Thanks, Tom.
>
>
>  
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