Interview Question


Country: United States
Interview Type: Phone Interview




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int findSqrt(int num)
{
	float g1,g2,e=0.0000001;
	g1 = num;
	g2 = (g1+ (num/g1))/2;
	
	while( (g1-g2) > e)
	{
		g1 = g2;
		g2 = (g1+(num/g1))/2;
	}
	return g2;
}

- Aalok September 06, 2012 | Flag Reply
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newton iterate method

- wdxcn1123 September 06, 2012 | Flag Reply
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That works. Simple binary search on the answer space works too.

- eugene.yarovoi September 06, 2012 | Flag
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Newton raphson method is faster than binary search.

- Psycho September 06, 2012 | Flag
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True enough, but not by all that much if I remember correctly. Binary search is just a really easy method of doing it that doesn't require people to know more fancy things like Newton-Raphson.

- eugene.yarovoi September 06, 2012 | Flag
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That seems a good answer

- mk September 06, 2012 | Flag Reply


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