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import math | |
number = eval(input("Enter a postive number: ")) | |
lower = 0 | |
#example: sqrt(0.5) is greater than 0.5 | |
if number <= 1: | |
upper = number + 1 | |
else: | |
upper = number | |
guess = 0 | |
sqrt = 0 | |
done = False | |
iterations = eval(input("Maximum iterations: ")) | |
required = iterations | |
while done == False: | |
if guess**2 == number: | |
sqrt = guess | |
done = True | |
guess = (upper + lower) / 2 | |
if guess**2 < number: | |
lower = guess | |
elif guess**2 > number: | |
upper = guess | |
iterations -= 1 | |
if iterations == 0: | |
sqrt = guess | |
done = True | |
print(sqrt) | |
print('Iterations performed:',required - iterations) |
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