Task 174 Calculation of pi

Are you getting all the right numbers for the first few steps of the example on the page?

I had an issue with my sqrt function so without seeing your code, that might be somewhere to start.

I think its OK to just post it here. If you indent the code with four spaces, the forum will turn it into a code block and make it easier to read.

and what was the issue? how you solved it? I have exactly the same mistake.

Hint: if you are using Python, you don't need sqrt. There's math.isqrt that's perfect for this purpose.

Hi, im using vala (that is very similar to C#). and following the info in the problem's explanation I code the loop for calculating the sqrt using newton's method, but I still having the same answer. Also I use floor in all divisions by 2, as the problem suggest. :(

but I still having the same answer

the what answer?

sorry, Friend, your code is bit too excessive to understand it easily... either try describing your problem more clearly, or perhaps switch temporarily to other problems and return to this one later

Also, I'm not sure, but if you use finite-precision numbers, probably you won't go far with them

Here's the crucial line in the problem:

we should use as a result the greatest integer M such that when squared it does not exceed Z (i.e. M*M <= Z).

However you implement that (say, as a standalone function), the rest of your code shouldn't have a single float (i.e., use only integer variables and computations).

Hope this helps.