Re: Calculating PI with the law of Cosines (Wont Work)
(f-u set to clj.help - you don't need the same people reading the thread in
both groups, and clj.help is the right place)
Chase Preuninger wrote:
package picomputer;
import static java.lang.Math.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter angel A: ");
double A = in.nextDouble();
System.out.print("Enter circle radius: ");
double radius = in.nextDouble();
double a = pow(radius, A) * 2;
a -= (2 * radius * radius) * cos(a);
a = sqrt(a);
double circ = a * (360 / A);
System.out.println(circ * (radius / 2));
}
Are you making a statement here? Asking a question? Requesting advice?
There are a few obvious problems with the code, plus your import static is not
really good - it breaks the self-documenting nature of the source. If you had
specifically imported pow() that'd be all right, but the import-on-demand is
not good documentation.
What is not obvious is what this code is intended to accomplish. Terse
variable names, obscure dilatory formulae and utter lack of comments or
explanation do not give a clue.
So - wtf?
--
Lew
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