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π

1200 π chars

Start file

fu! Pi()
let x=''
let k=3999
let p=0
let q=0
let t=1000
let j=0
let a=[2]
wh a[j]!=0 && k!=0
        let p=1+2*k
        wh j<403
                if !(k!=(j>2))
                        let x.=printf("%.3d",a[j-2]%t+q/p/t)
                en
                let q=a[j]*k+q%p*t
                let a[j]=q/p
                call add(a,0)
                let j+=1
        endw
        let j=0
        let q=0
        let a[j]+=2
        let k-=1
endw
retu x
endf

End file

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< fu! Pi()
< let x=''
< let k=3999
< let p=0
< let q=0
< let t=1000
< let j=0
< let a=[2]
< wh a[j]!=0 && k!=0
<         let p=1+2*k
<         wh j<403
<                 if !(k!=(j>2))
<                         let x.=printf("%.3d",a[j-2]%t+q/p/t)
<                 en
<                 let q=a[j]*k+q%p*t
<                 let a[j]=q/p
<                 call add(a,0)
<                 let j+=1
<         endw
<         let j=0
<         let q=0
<         let a[j]+=2
<         let k-=1
< endw
< retu x
< endf
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---
> 141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012
> π
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