>This is the first time I'm using floats, mathlib, etc., so I'd really
>appreciate it if someone could send me a snippet of code or tell me:
This should do the trick for you.
Regards,
Steve Mann
# # #
#define TT_MIN_VALUE 1.0e-6
#define TT_ACCURACY 1.0e-6
/***********************************************************************
* FUNCTION: _sqrt
*
* DESCRIPTION: Calculate the square root of a double number using
* successive approximations. The loop stops when the
* difference between two successive iterations is smaller
* than theaccuracy threshold.
*
* RETURNED: The square root or zero if the number is smaller
* than the minimum value handled by the library.
***********************************************************************/
double _sqrt
(
double x // The number to get the square root of
)
{
double result = 0.0, prevResult, diff = 0.0;
// Eliminate negatives and small values outside the library range.
if ( x >= TT_MIN_VALUE )
{
result = x;
// Calculate until two successive guesses are less than
// the library's minimum value. # iterations ranges from about
// 10 (for very small and very large #s) to about 5 for numbers
// close to zero.
do
{
prevResult = result;
result = ( result + ( x / result )) / 2.0;
diff= _abs ( prevResult - result );
}
while ( diff > TT_ACCURACY );
}
return result;
}
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