RosettaCodeData/Task/Continued-fraction/Pascal/continued-fraction.pas
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

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program ContFrac_console;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils;
type TCoeffFunction = function( n : integer) : extended;
// Calculate continued fraction as a sum, working forwards.
// Stop on reaching a term with absolute value less than epsilon,
// or on reaching the maximum number of terms.
procedure CalcContFrac( a, b : TCoeffFunction;
epsilon : extended;
maxNrTerms : integer = 1000); // optional, with default
var
n : integer;
sum, term, u, v : extended;
whyStopped : string;
begin
sum := a(0);
term := b(1)/a(1);
v := a(1);
n := 1;
repeat
sum := sum + term;
inc(n);
u := v;
v := a(n) + b(n)/u;
term := -term * b(n)/(u*v);
until (Abs(term) < epsilon) or (n >= maxNrTerms);
if n >= maxNrTerms then whyStopped := 'too many terms'
else whyStopped := 'converged';
WriteLn( SysUtils.Format( '%21.17f after %d terms (%s)',
[sum, n, whyStopped]));
end;
//---------------- a and b for sqrt(2) ----------------
function a_sqrt2( n : integer) : extended;
begin
if n = 0 then result := 1
else result := 2;
end;
function b_sqrt2( n : integer) : extended;
begin
result := 1;
end;
//---------------- a snd b for e ----------------
function a_e( n : integer) : extended;
begin
if n = 0 then result := 2
else result := n;
end;
function b_e( n : integer) : extended;
begin
if n = 1 then result := 1
else result := n - 1;
end;
//-------- Rosetta Code a and b for pi --------
function a_pi( n : integer) : extended;
begin
if n = 0 then result := 3
else result := 6;
end;
function b_pi( n : integer) : extended;
var
temp : extended;
begin
temp := 2*n - 1;
result := temp*temp;
end;
//-------- More efficient a and b for pi --------
function a_pi_alt( n : integer) : extended;
begin
if n = 0 then result := 0
else result := 2*n - 1;
end;
function b_pi_alt( n : integer) : extended;
var
temp : extended;
begin
if n = 1 then
result := 4
else begin
temp := n - 1;
result := temp*temp;
end;
end;
//---------------- Main routine ----------------
// Unlike Free Pascal, Delphi does not require
// an @ sign before the function names.
begin
WriteLn( 'sqrt(2)');
CalcContFrac( a_sqrt2, b_sqrt2, 1E-20);
WriteLn( 'e');
CalcContFrac( a_e, b_e, 1E-20);
WriteLn( 'pi');
CalcContFrac( a_pi, b_pi, 1E-20);
WriteLn( 'pi (alternative formula)');
CalcContFrac( a_pi_alt, b_pi_alt, 1E-20);
end.