Happy Holidays! Treat yourself to a piece of Pi(e) with this custom PowerShell Function. It’s as easy as Get-Pi or Get-Pie, depending on your mood. Whether you need one piece or a thousand digits, this custom function has you covered.
Note: As pointed out by Temptis on Reddit, this function is more for entertainment than practicality. In real applications, try
[math]::piinstead.
1, 100, and 1000 digits of Pi
Get-Help Get-Pi
Get-Help Get-Pi -Examples
For queries over 100 digits of Pi, the function uses the pi.delivery API to retrieve the requested number of digits. Check out the link below for other interesting Pi related projects. This my attempt at producing adaptive outputs depending on which command name was executed. If you call Get-Pi, you’ll get digits of Pi. Alternatively, if you call the functions alias, Get-Pie, you get pies and slices of pie.
Happy Pi Day!
Celebrate Pi Day with Pi delivered via an API
The Code
<#
.Synopsis
This cmdlet retrieves a piece of pi.
.DESCRIPTION
This cmdlet retrieves a piece of pi. (Default is 3 digits)
.PARAMETER Digits
The digits parameter will determine how many pieces of pi are retrieved.
.INPUTS
System.Integer
Get-Pi accepts an integer array on the pipeline.
Get-Pi accepts an integer in the digits property objects in the pipeline.
.OUTPUTS
Suprise!
.EXAMPLE
Get-Pi
.EXAMPLE
Get-Pi 5
.EXAMPLE
Get-Pi -Digits 10
.NOTES
Disclaimer:
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the safety, suitability, inaccuracies, typographical errors, or other harmful components of this code. There are inherent dangers in the use of
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AUTHOR(S):
Justin C.
#>
Function Get-Pi {
#region Function Parameters
[Alias("Get-Pie")]
Param
(
#Number of digits to retrieve
[Alias("Pieces")]
[Parameter(Position=0, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
[Int[]] $Digits = 3
)
#endregion Function Parameters
Begin {
$API_Url = "https://api.pi.delivery/v1/pi"
#100 digits of Pi
$Pi = "3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859502445945534690830264252230825334468503526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914730359825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778185778053217122680661300192787661119590921642019"
$Results = ""
}
Process {
ForEach ($Digit in $Digits) {
If ((Get-PSCallStack | Select-Object -Property Position -ExpandProperty Position) -like "Get-Pie*"){
$Pies = [Int]"$($Digit / 6)".Split(".")[0]
$Pieces = [Int]($Digit % 6)
$Line = @{}
For ($i=1;$i -le $Pies; $i++) {
$Line[0] += " ( "
$Line[1] += " ) "
$Line[2] += " __..---..__ "
$Line[3] += " ,-=' / | \ '=-. "
$Line[4] += " :--..___________..--; "
$Line[5] += " \.,______________,./ "
If (($i % 4) -eq 0){
For ($i2 = 0; $i2 -lt 6; $i2++){
$Results += "$($Line[$i2])`n"
}
$Line = @{}
}
}
$Results += "$($Line[0])`n$($Line[1])`n$($Line[2])`n$($Line[3])`n$($Line[4])`n$($Line[5])`n"
$Line = @{}
For ($i=0;$i -lt $Pieces; $i++) {
$Line[0] += "()()()()()()"
$Line[1] += "|\ |"
$Line[2] += "|.\. . . . |"
$Line[3] += "\'.\ |"
$Line[4] += " \.:\ . . .|"
$Line[5] += " \'o\ |"
$Line[6] += " \.'\. . |"
$Line[7] += " \'.\ |"
$Line[8] += " \'.\ .|"
$Line[9] += " \.'\ |"
$Line[10] += " \__\|"
}
$Results += "$($Line[0])`n$($Line[1])`n$($Line[2])`n$($Line[3])`n$($Line[4])`n$($Line[5])`n$($Line[6])`n$($Line[7])`n$($Line[8])`n$($Line[9])`n$($Line[10])"
} Else {
#[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
#Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri 'https://api.pi.delivery/v1/pi?start=0&numberOfDigits=100'
If ($Digit -le 0){
$Results = ""
Write-Error "Invalid number of digits, must be greater than 0."
}
ElseIf ($Digit -eq 1){
$Results = "3"
}
ElseIf ($Digit -le 100) {
$Results = $Pi.Substring(0,$Digit+1)
} ElseIf ($Digit -le 1000){
$Results = $(Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$($API_Url)?start=0&numberOfDigits=$($Digit)").content
$Results = $Results.substring(0, 1) + "." + $Results.substring(1, $Results.length - 1)
} Else {
$Results = $(Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$($API_Url)?start=0&numberOfDigits=1000").content
$Results = $Results.substring(0, 1) + "." + $Results.substring(1, $Results.length - 1)
$Digit -= 1000
$Offset = 1000
While ($Digit -gt 0){
If ($Digit -ge 1000){
$Results += $(Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$($API_Url)?start=$($Offset)&numberOfDigits=1000").content
$Digit -= 1000
$Offset += 1000
} Else {
$Results += $(Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri "$($API_Url)?start=$($Offset)&numberOfDigits=$($Digit)").content
$Digit -= $Digit
}
}
}
}
}
}
End {Return $Results}
}