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Re: A85: SQRT algorithms
Pseudo-code suare root algorithm:
TOLERANCE = 1.0E-9
GUESS = X / 2
DO
GUESS = (GUESS + X / GUESS) / 2
WHILE ABS(GUESS * GUESS - X) > TOLERANCE
When the WHILE statement fails to be true, GUESS will hold the square
root of X.
Mordant
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Cobain
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998 11:11:22 +0200 (EET) Jarno Rajala
<jarraj@opal.tnkpub.utu.fi> writes:
>
>Someone mentioned square root algorithm... I'we been wondering what it
>is
>for a long time, so if someone could tell me what the algorithm is,
>I'd
>appreciate it. (It can't be too hard to write in Z80...)
>
>
>
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