Happy Pi Day, 2016

[Bruce Weaver]

* Q. How can I get the value of the constant pi in SPSS?
* A. You can use the method shown in this IBM Technote:
     http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21476209.
 
DATA LIST free / Case (F1) Note (A45).
BEGIN DATA
1 "Computed using SPSS ARTAN function"
2 "Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/"
END DATA.
 
DO IF Case EQ 1.
- COMPUTE Pi = 4*ARTAN(1).
ELSE.
- COMPUTE Pi = 3.141592653589793.
END IF.
FORMATS Pi (F20.15).
LIST Pi Note.

                  Pi Note
 
   3.141592653589793  Computed using SPSS ARTAN function
   3.141592653589793  Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/ 
 
Number of cases read:  2    Number of cases listed:  2

* As you can see, 4*ARTAN(1) returns the value
* of Pi to 15 decimals.  That should be good
* enough for most applications.

[Jon Peck]

or, for Bruce's  benefit:

begin program.

import spss, math

spss.Submit("compute PI = %s" % math.pi)

end program.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Bruce Weaver <[hidden email]> wrote:

* Q. How can I get the value of the constant pi in SPSS?
* A. You can use the method shown in this IBM Technote:
     http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21476209.

DATA LIST free / Case (F1) Note (A45).
BEGIN DATA
1 "Computed using SPSS ARTAN function"
2 "Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/"
END DATA.

DO IF Case EQ 1.
- COMPUTE Pi = 4*ARTAN(1).
ELSE.
- COMPUTE Pi = 3.141592653589793.
END IF.
FORMATS Pi (F20.15).
LIST Pi Note.

                  Pi Note

   3.141592653589793  Computed using SPSS ARTAN function
   3.141592653589793  Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/

Number of cases read:  2    Number of cases listed:  2

* As you can see, 4*ARTAN(1) returns the value
* of Pi to 15 decimals.  That should be good
* enough for most applications.




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[Bruce Weaver]

Gee, thanks Jon!  ;-)

Jon Peck wrote

or, for Bruce's  benefit:
begin program.
import spss, math
spss.Submit("compute PI = %s" % math.pi)
end program.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Bruce Weaver <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> * Q. How can I get the value of the constant pi in SPSS?
> * A. You can use the method shown in this IBM Technote:
>      http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21476209.
>
> DATA LIST free / Case (F1) Note (A45).
> BEGIN DATA
> 1 "Computed using SPSS ARTAN function"
> 2 "Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/"
> END DATA.
>
> DO IF Case EQ 1.
> - COMPUTE Pi = 4*ARTAN(1).
> ELSE.
> - COMPUTE Pi = 3.141592653589793.
> END IF.
> FORMATS Pi (F20.15).
> LIST Pi Note.
>
>                   Pi Note
>
>    3.141592653589793  Computed using SPSS ARTAN function
>    3.141592653589793  Copied from http://www.piday.org/million/
>
> Number of cases read:  2    Number of cases listed:  2
>
> * As you can see, 4*ARTAN(1) returns the value
> * of Pi to 15 decimals.  That should be good
> * enough for most applications.
>
>
>
>
> -----
> --
> Bruce Weaver
> [hidden email]
> http://sites.google.com/a/lakeheadu.ca/bweaver/
>
> "When all else fails, RTFM."
>
> NOTE: My Hotmail account is not monitored regularly.
> To send me an e-mail, please use the address shown above.
>
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