how do you type pi?

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how exactly do you type pi.
i dont mean 3.14 or 22/7 i mean like the signal

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[+4] - ebrown p - 08/04/2009On a windows machine 1) Make sure the num-lock is off. 2) While holding down the alt key, push the sequence "227". You must use the keys on the keypad to the right (not the numbers...
[+3] - littlek - 08/04/2009π (just practicing!)
[+3] - Merry Andrew - 08/10/2009π damn! I think I've got it! C99 -- click on the link suggested by Region Philbis up above. The very first answer to the questions tells you how to do it. Just type ampersand(&)...

@C99,

Most keyboards don't have the pi symbol on them. You need to use a word processor which has a font package which has a pi symbol.

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for me it's pumpkin

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On a windows machine

1) Make sure the num-lock is off.

2) While holding down the alt key, push the sequence "227". You must use the keys on the keypad to the right (not the numbers above the letters).

Like many things, this is easier on a Linux box.

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By the way... just typing "pi" is completely acceptable (and probably preferable in many circumstances).

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@ebrown p,

ebrown p wrote:

On a windows machine

1) Make sure the num-lock is off.

2) While holding down the alt key, push the sequence "227". You must use the keys on the keypad to the right (not the numbers above the letters).

Like many things, this is easier on a Linux box.

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@Intrepid,

π

from http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070909231022AAo4Tom

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@Region Philbis,

Region Philbis wrote:

π

from http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070909231022AAo4Tom

Yes, I know how to do it. I am just indicating that some systems will not produce the desired results.

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π (just practicing!)

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@ebrown p,

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Like many things, this is easier on a Linux box.

...and quite impossible on my Sony Vaio laptop. Ain't no right-hand key pad.

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@littlek,

howd u do that

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@C99,

I thiink she did it like this ..... π

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@C99,

(the answer will present itself if you quote littlek's post...)

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π

damn! I think I've got it!

C99 -- click on the link suggested by Region Philbis up above. The very first answer to the questions tells you how to do it. Just type ampersand(&) + pi + semicolon ( ; ). No spaces. You'll get π

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@Merry Andrew,

ampersand(&) + pi + semicolon ( ; )
mpersand(&) + pi + semicolon ( ; ). No spaces.

Damn.... it doesn't seem to work for me.

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@ebrown p,

also no '+' signs.

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@littlek,

whats the volume of a pizza with radius z and height a

π zza

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@ebrown p,

ebrown p wrote:

Damn.... it doesn't seem to work for me.

You are expecting it to show up right away as you type, but if you submit (or preview) the post you should see it when it becomes rendered HTML.

Here are other HTML entities you can use (again, only when rendered in HTML and other variants):

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

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Ahem...folks, I do b'lieve Brownie was having us on. π in the face type humor perhaps?

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@Merry Andrew,

I doubt it, his method for writing pi produces it immediately on his screen as it's typed, the HTML entity doesn't work till it becomes HTML and it can confuse anyone who is running into the distinction for the first time.

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