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xlpPI

Returns the mathematical constant Pi, the ratio of circumference of a circle divided by its diameter, with up to 32,767 significant digits of precision. Same as Excel's built-in PI function, but with high precision.

Pi is the same for all circles. Pi's decimal places continue infinitely and never repeat. The Greek letter Pi (π) was first used to represent the ratio in 1706.

Syntax

xlpPI(digits)

digits Optional. The number of digits of Pi to return. Default is 100, or the maximum allowed by the xlPrecision edition, whichever is less. Maximum is 32,767.

Remarks

Examples

Formula Description Result
=xlpPI(25) The first 25 digits of Pi 3.141592653589793238462643