On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:51:10 +0100, "hossam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm studying python newly and have an exercise that is difficult for me as a >beginner.Here it is : >"Write a program that approximates the value of pi by summing the terms of >this series: >4/1-4/3+4/5-4/7+4/9-4/11+.... The program should prompt the user for n, the >number of terms to sum and then output the sum of the first n terms of this >series." > >any help would be appreciated. > Is this homework? What have you tried so far? Hints: raw_input, int. And sum, if you want a one-liner. Hint2: try 4/7 and 4.0/7 interactively Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list