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An exponentially converging block method for solving the Laplace equation on polygons under analytical mixed boundary conditions and constructing conformal mappings of multiply connected polygons onto canonical domains was proposed and substantiated by the author in several earlier papers. In this article, the block method is used for constructing an approximate solution to the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation on an arbitrary polygon under piecewise constant (i.e., staircase) boundary conditions. Any finite number of discontinuity points is allowed in the specific boundary values, as well as jumps of any magnitude at the discontinuity points (the existence of lumped sources on the boundary). The discontinuity points may also be located at the vertices. For piecewise constant boundary values from a certain weight class, which is unbounded in the \(L_1\) space, the approximate solution is shown to be uniformly exponentially, convergent with respect to the discreteness parameter. The approximate solution is expressed in terms of elementary harmonic functions on the blocks. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0838.00008].