the-honk/languages/c++/babylonian.cc

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int sqrt(int number) {
int initialGuess = 2;
while (abs(initialGuess - number / initialGuess) > 1) {
initialGuess = (initialGuess + number / initialGuess) / 2;
}
return initialGuess;
}
int main() {
cout << "Type a number to predict the square root of:";
int number;
cin >> number;
cout << sqrt(number);
}