Random Walk Path Distance Calculator

Generate a random walk path and calculate the total distance and average distance.

Technology Stack : random, math, statistics, string, re, json, html, datetime, hashlib, locale, sys, os, shutil

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def random_walk(n):
    import random
    import math
    import statistics
    import string
    import re
    import json
    import html
    import datetime
    import hashlib
    import locale
    import sys
    import os
    import shutil

    if not isinstance(n, int) or n <= 0:
        raise ValueError("The number of steps must be a positive integer")

    steps = [(random.choice([1, -1]), random.choice([1, -1])) for _ in range(n)]
    total_distance = sum(math.hypot(x, y) for x, y in steps)
    average_distance = statistics.mean(steps, key=lambda point: math.hypot(*point))

    return total_distance, average_distance