go-playground/da_tour/datour/exercise-loops-and-functions.go

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Go

package datour
import (
"fmt"
)
func sqrt(x float64) float64 {
// multiple initial values for z to manually check the convergence rate
// z := x
// z := 1.0
z := x / 4
fmt.Println("\nSqrt of:", x, "; 10-fold approx.")
fmt.Println()
for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
fmt.Println(z)
z -= (z*z - x) / (2 * z)
}
return z
}
// DoSqrt method performs a custom sqrt function
func DoSqrt() {
for i := 2; i < 26; i++ {
sqrt(float64(i))
}
}