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Newton's square root method in Small Basic
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| ' Newton's square root method | |
| TextWindow.Write("Enter a positive number: ") | |
| n = TextWindow.ReadNumber() | |
| guess = 1.0 | |
| Calculate: | |
| diff = Math.Abs(n - (guess * guess)) | |
| If diff <= 0.001 Then | |
| TextWindow.WriteLine(guess) | |
| Else | |
| guess = ((n / guess) + guess) * 0.5 | |
| Goto Calculate | |
| EndIf |
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