Adding absolute value

Wesley-Arrington · Wesley-Arrington · commit 2c88287f3476 · 2018-09-07T16:24:11.000-07:00
diff --git a/contents/monte_carlo_integration/code/java/MonteCarlo.java b/contents/monte_carlo_integration/code/java/MonteCarlo.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ public class MonteCarlo {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         double piEstimation = monteCarlo(1000);
         System.out.println("Estimated pi value: " + piEstimation);
-        System.out.printf("Percent error: " + 100 * (piEstimation - Math.PI) / Math.PI);
+        System.out.printf("Percent error: " + 100 * Math.abs(piEstimation - Math.PI) / Math.PI);
     }
 
     //function to check whether point (x,y) is in unit circle

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ public class MonteCarlo {`
`6`	`6`	`public static void main(String[] args) {`
`7`	`7`	`double piEstimation = monteCarlo(1000);`
`8`	`8`	`System.out.println("Estimated pi value: " + piEstimation);`
`9`		`- System.out.printf("Percent error: " + 100 * (piEstimation - Math.PI) / Math.PI);`
	`9`	`+ System.out.printf("Percent error: " + 100 * Math.abs(piEstimation - Math.PI) / Math.PI);`
`10`	`10`	`}`
`11`	`11`
`12`	`12`	`//function to check whether point (x,y) is in unit circle`