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·published 2007-11-07 22:16 UTC
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#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
float x,
	  y;
int sed;
double pizzle;
int inside = 0;
const int TRIALS = 60000;
const int lolwut = 50000;
float current = 0.00122525;
int main (int argc, char * const argv[]) {
	cout << "Estimating pi with " << lolwut << " different seeds..." << endl;
	for (int j = 0; j < lolwut; j++) { // Not really in code, checking for seed that gets closest to pi
		inside = 0;
		srand(j); // Closest: 11 at 3.14048
		for (int i = 0; i < TRIALS; i++) {
			// Generate x and y where 0 < x < 1 and 0 < y < 1
			x = double(rand()) / (ULONG_MAX / 2 - 1);
			y = double(rand()) / (ULONG_MAX / 2 - 1);
			// Check if it's inside the quarter-circle
			if ((x * x) + (y * y) <= 1) inside++;
		}
		float pi = 4.0 * double(inside) / double(TRIALS);
		if (3.14159265358979 - pi > current) {
			current = 3.14159265358979 - pi;
			sed = j;
			pizzle = pi;
			cout << "New closest to pi, seed " << sed << " where pi = " << pi << endl;
		}
	}
	cout << "Use seed " << sed << " to get pi = " << pizzle << " with a difference of " << current << endl;

    return 0;
}