Use "M_PI" in VS2010

COPY FROM: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5003575/problem-with-use-math-defines-in-c-vs2010

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I want to use M_PI defined in math.h. In order to do that, one should define _USE_MATH_DEFINESbefore including the header.

The following solution works correctly:

#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES

and then

#include < math.h >

OR 

#include < cmath >

However, I would like to add the definition of _USE_MATH_DEFINES to the Preprocessor Definitions (Project->Properties->C/C++->Preprocessor->Preprocessor Definitions). If I add _USE_MATH_DEFINESthere, M_PI is not recognized (as without defining the constant at all).

Why is that so? Do you have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for the replies and hints!

Cheers!

ANSWER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I do all your steps on my Visual C++ 2010 express and it works for me.

Probably you set macros in debug mode properties and try to compile it in release mode, or set in release mode and try to compile in debug mode. Add macros in release and debug mode properties and try to rebuild (ctrl+alt+F7) your project