import Data.Ratio -- ignoring the task-given pi sequence: sucky convergence -- pie = zip (3:repeat 6) (map (^2) [1,3..]) pie = zip (0:[1,3..]) (4:map (^2) [1..]) sqrt2 = zip (1:repeat 2) (repeat 1) napier = zip (2:[1..]) (1:[1..]) -- truncate after n terms cf2rat n = foldr (\(a,b) f -> (a%1) + ((b%1) / f)) (1%1) . take n -- truncate after error is at most 1/p cf2rat_p p s = f $ map (\i -> (cf2rat i s, cf2rat (1+i) s)) $ map (2^) [0..] where f ((x,y):ys) = if abs (x-y) < (1/fromIntegral p) then x else f ys -- returns a decimal string of n digits after the dot; all digits should -- be correct (doesn't mean it's the best approximation! the decimal -- string is simply truncated to given digits: pi=3.141 instead of 3.142) cf2dec n = (ratstr n) . cf2rat_p (10^n) where ratstr l a = (show t) ++ '.':fracstr l n d where d = denominator a (t, n) = quotRem (numerator a) d fracstr 0 _ _ = [] fracstr l n d = (show t)++ fracstr (l-1) n1 d where (t,n1) = quotRem (10 * n) d main = do putStrLn $ cf2dec 200 sqrt2 putStrLn $ cf2dec 200 napier putStrLn $ cf2dec 200 pie