RosettaCodeData/Task/Monte-Carlo-methods/Erlang/monte-carlo-methods-1.erl
2019-09-12 10:33:56 -07:00

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Erlang

-module(monte).
-export([main/1]).
monte(N)->
monte(N,0,0).
monte(0,InCircle,NumPoints) ->
4 * InCircle / NumPoints;
monte(N,InCircle,NumPoints)->
Xcoord = rand:uniform(),
Ycoord = rand:uniform(),
monte(N-1,
if Xcoord*Xcoord + Ycoord*Ycoord < 1 -> InCircle + 1; true -> InCircle end,
NumPoints + 1).
main(N) -> io:format("PI: ~w~n", [ monte(N) ]).