PYTHON Predefined Constants

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import math
math.pi	# Pi
math.e	# e

PHP Predefined Constants

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Predefined Constants

The constants below are always available as part of the PHP core.

Math constants
Constant Value Description
M_PI 3.14159265358979323846 Pi
M_E 2.7182818284590452354 e
M_LOG2E 1.4426950408889634074 log_2 e
M_LOG10E 0.43429448190325182765 log_10 e
M_LN2 0.69314718055994530942 log_e 2
M_LN10 2.30258509299404568402 log_e 10
M_PI_2 1.57079632679489661923 pi/2
M_PI_4 0.78539816339744830962 pi/4
M_1_PI 0.31830988618379067154 1/pi
M_2_PI 0.63661977236758134308 2/pi
M_SQRTPI 1.77245385090551602729 sqrt(pi) [5.2.0]
M_2_SQRTPI 1.12837916709551257390 2/sqrt(pi)
M_SQRT2 1.41421356237309504880 sqrt(2)
M_SQRT3 1.73205080756887729352 sqrt(3) [5.2.0]
M_SQRT1_2 0.70710678118654752440 1/sqrt(2)
M_LNPI 1.14472988584940017414 log_e(pi) [5.2.0]
M_EULER 0.57721566490153286061 Euler constant [5.2.0]
PHP_ROUND_HALF_UP 1 Round halves up [5.3.0]
PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN 2 Round halves down [5.3.0]
PHP_ROUND_HALF_EVEN 3 Round halves to even numbers [5.3.0]
PHP_ROUND_HALF_ODD 4 Round halves to odd numbers [5.3.0]

Only M_PI is available in PHP versions up to and including PHP 4.0.0. All other constants are available starting with PHP 4.0.0. Constants labeled [5.2.0] were added in PHP 5.2.0.

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