From f3963c08c099757a2b137fdab097d11680116d5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pierrick Lebourgeois <pierrick@trent.homelinux.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 14:26:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] new file:   chapters/monte_carlo/code/python/monte_carlo.py

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 .../monte_carlo/code/python/monte_carlo.py    | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 chapters/monte_carlo/code/python/monte_carlo.py

diff --git a/chapters/monte_carlo/code/python/monte_carlo.py b/chapters/monte_carlo/code/python/monte_carlo.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95570ae7
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+++ b/chapters/monte_carlo/code/python/monte_carlo.py
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+# submitted by Pierrick Lebourgeois
+
+import math
+import random
+
+def inCircle(x, y, r):
+	return x**2 + y**2 < r**2
+
+
+def monteCarlo(n):
+	piCount = 0;
+	
+	for i in xrange(n):
+		
+		x = random.random()
+		y = random.random()
+		
+		if inCircle(x, y, 1):
+			piCount += 1
+		
+		piEstimate = 4.0 * piCount / n;
+		error = 100.0 * (math.pi - piEstimate) / math.pi
+		
+		if error < 0.1 :
+			print("The estimate of pi is %f \t Percent error is: %f" % (piEstimate, error) )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	monteCarlo(1000000)