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 09/21/07 06:52am
In Response To 'Re: Re: Random value in a unit circle'
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Your answer makes me wonder if I have lead you into a misunderstanding. There is not a general need to have multiple statements in a plot.
The issue is that, as defined (and there is nothing wrong with how you did that), every time x and y are used/evaluated a new random number is generated. In your code when x^2 + y^2 < 1 is tested a random x (say .5) and a random y (say .2) are generated and the test is evaluated. With those values the test would be true. Then the If indicates that an {x,y} pair be created. At that point a new x and new y are generated which being random could be anything ({.9,.7}, {.2,.01}, ....) and as you saw are not limited by the squares less than 1 test. That is why the points were not limited to being inside the circle.
By setting a = x and b = y and then testing a and b and creating {a,b} if the test is true, only one random x and y are created each time. That is, in the example above a would be the first value of x and b would be the first value of y and {a,b} would be {.5,.2}.
Tom Zeller
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