> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://pcj.icm.edu.pl/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://pcj.icm.edu.pl/examples/monte-carlo.md).

# Monte Carlo

The program picks points at random inside the square. It then checks to see if the point is inside the circle (it knows it's inside the circle if *x^2 + y^2 < R^2*, where *x* and *y* are the coordinates of the point and *R* is the rad\_i\_us of the circle).

The program keeps track of how many points it's picked (*nAll*) and how many of those points fell inside the circle (`circleCount`).

In the parallel version, the work is divided among threads, i.e. each traed is performing `nAll / PCJ.threadsCount()` attempts. Each thread counts points inside circle.

Finally, the parrial sums are communicated to the procesor 0.

```javascript
 import java.util.Random;
 import org.pcj.NodesDescription;
 import org.pcj.PCJ;
 import org.pcj.StartPoint;
 import org.pcj.Storage;
 import org.pcj.PcjFuture;
 import org.pcj.RegisterStorage;

 @RegisterStorage(PcjExamplePiMC.Shared.class)
 public class PcjExamplePiMC implements StartPoint {

     @Storage(PcjExamplePiMC.class)
     enum Shared { c }
     long c;

     @Override
     public void main() {
         PCJ.barrier();
         Random r = new Random();

         long nAll = 1000000;
         long n = nAll / PCJ.threadCount();
         double Rsq = 1.0;
         long circleCount;
 //Calculate
         circleCount = 0;
         double time = System.nanoTime();

         for (long i = 0; i < n; i++) {
             double x = 2.0 * r.nextDouble() - 1.0;
             double y = 2.0 * r.nextDouble() - 1.0;
             if ((x * x + y * y) < Rsq) {
                 circleCount++;
             }
         }

         c = circleCount;
         PCJ.barrier();
   // Communicate results
         PcjFuture cL[] = new PcjFuture[PCJ.threadCount()];

         long c0 = c;
         if (PCJ.myId() == 0) {
             for (int p = 1; p < PCJ.threadCount(); p++) {
                 cL[p] = PCJ.asyncGet(p, Shared.c);
             }
             for (int p = 1; p < PCJ.threadCount(); p++) {
                 c0 = c0 + (long) cL[p].get();
             }
         }

         PCJ.barrier();

         double pi = 4.0 * (double) c0 / (double) nAll;
         time = System.nanoTime() - time;
 // Print results
         if (PCJ.myId() == 0) {
             System.out.println(pi + " " + time * 1.0E-9);
         }
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
    String nodesFile  = "nodes.txt";
    PCJ.executionBuilder (PcjExample.class)
                .addNodes(new File("nodes.txt"))
                .start();
    }
     }
 }  
```

The code scales linearly with the numbers of processors.

![The performance of the code to approximate π using Monte Carlo method.](/files/-LzTgDYfR9SmifIM-Ld1)


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