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cs-java/module2/RandomWalkers.java

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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);
}
}