Variable: float-pi

float-pi is a variable defined in float-sup.el.gz.

Value

3.141592653589793

Documentation

The value of Pi (3.1415926...).

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 23.3.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/float-sup.el.gz
;;; float-sup.el --- define some constants useful for floating point numbers.  -*- lexical-binding:t -*-

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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

;; Provide an easy hook to tell if we are running with floats or not.
;; Define pi and e via math-lib calls (much less prone to killer typos).
(defconst float-pi (* 4 (atan 1)) "The value of Pi (3.1415926...).")