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### Use in non-template code

When using the math constants at your chosen fixed precision in non-template code, you can simply add a `using namespace` declaration, for example, `using namespace boost::math::double_constants`, to make the constants of the correct precision for your code visible in the current scope, and then use each constant as a simple variable - sans brackets:

    #include <boost/math/constants/constants.hpp>

    double area(double r)
    {
       using namespace boost::math::double_constants;
       return pi * r * r;
    }

Had our function been written as taking a `float` rather than a `double`, we could have written instead:

    #include <boost/math/constants/constants.hpp>

    float area(float r)
    {
       using namespace boost::math::float_constants;
       return pi * r * r;
    }

Likewise, constants that are suitable for use at `long double` precision are available in the namespace `boost::math::long_double_constants`.

You can see the full list of available constants at math_toolkit.constants.

Some examples of using constants are at constants_eg1.