Re: Random Number Generators....


Richard Bos wrote:
"mensanator@xxxxxxx" <mensanator@xxxxxxx> wrote:

stathis gotsis wrote:
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double x;
double y;

x = (double)rand()/RAND_MAX;
y = (double)rand()/RAND_MAX;

if((sqrt(x*x + y*y)<=1.0))


That sqrt() is not absolutely needed there, if you choose to discard it you
can get rid of <math.h> too.

How?

If a non-negative real number is smaller than or equal to 1.0, how large
must the square of that number be?

Oh, I get it.

x = 0.9

If the x coordinate is less than 1, its square is less than 1.

y = 0.9

And if the y coordinate is less than 1, its square is less than 1.

So if the squares of both are less than 1, then the distance
from the origin is less than 1.

print math.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)
1.27279220614

Uh, what went wrong?



Richard

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