public class RandomWalkers { public static void main(String[] args) { int r = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); int trials = Integer.parseInt(args[1]); int xCoordinate = 0; int yCoordinate = 0; int steps = 0; double average = 0; //System.out.println("(" + xCoordinate + ", " + yCoordinate + ")" ); for(int i = 1; i <= trials; i++) { while(Math.abs(xCoordinate) + Math.abs(yCoordinate) < r) { if(Math.random() <= 0.25) xCoordinate += 1; else if (Math.random() <= 0.50) xCoordinate -= 1; else if (Math.random() <= 0.75) yCoordinate += 1; else yCoordinate -= 1; //System.out.println("(" + xCoordinate + ", " + yCoordinate + ")" ); steps++; } } average = (float) steps / trials; System.out.println("average number of steps = " + average); } }