From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2005-12-17T02:46:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Math::PI?

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, Daniel [UNKNOWN] Sch�le wrote:

> Hello,
>
> sorry for such a basic question
> am I missing some module with math constants or are the users .. me
> in this case :) supposed to define them on our own?
> I know and do now
> PI = Math.acos(-1)
>
> thx

??

harp:~ > irb
irb(main):001:0> Math::constants.grep /pi/i
=> ["PI"]
irb(main):002:0> Math::PI
=> 3.14159265358979

hth

-a
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