On Mar 31, 2014 6:22 PM, "Scott W Dunning" <scott....@cox.net> wrote: > > I’m working on a few exercises and I’m a little stuck on this one. > > This is what the book has but it just gives me an endless loop. > > def square_root(a, eps=1e-6): > while True: > print x > y = (x + a/x) / 2 > if abs(y-x) < epsilon: > break > > round(square_root(9))
Hi Scott, Ah. I think I see what might be wrong, but let's make sure about this. Can you explain what 'x', 'y' are in this function?
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