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Number of iterations = 9
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;Using integer arithmetic only
Easily generate thousands of digits:
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">e = one = 10 ** 1000
fact = n = 1
while fact < one:
e += one // fact
n += 1
fact *= n
print(f"{e}\n...in {n} steps")</syntaxhighlight>
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Turns out that just the last three decimal places are wrong.
<pre>27182818284590452353602874713526624977572470936999595749669676277240766303535475945713821785251664274274663919320030599218174135966290435729003342952605956307381323286279434907632338298807531952510190115738341879307021540891499348841675092447614606680822648001684774118537423454424371075390777449920695517027618386062613313845830007520449338265602976067371132007093287091274437470472306969772093101416928368190255151086574637721112523897844250569536967707854499699679468644549059879316368892300987931277361782154249992295763514822082698951936680331825288693984964651058209392398294887933203625094431173012381970684161403970198376793206832823764648042953118023287825098194558153017567173613320698112509961818815930416903515988885193458072738667385894228792284998920868058257492796104841984443634632449684875602336248270419786232090021609902353043699418491463140934317381436405462531520961836908887070167683964243781405927145635490613031072085103837505101157477041718986106873969655212671546889570350116
...in 450 steps</pre>
===Functional===
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