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\ 4tH library - FSQRT ZEN - Copyright 2009 J.L. Bezemer
\ You can redistribute this file and/or modify it under
\ the terms of the GNU General Public License
\ include lib/zenfloat.4th

[UNDEFINED] fsqrt [IF]
[UNDEFINED] f+    [IF] [ABORT] [THEN]
                                       \ same number but crank up mantissa
: (scale)                              ( f1 -- f1 )
  max-n 10 / 1+ >r begin over r@ < while 1- swap 10 * swap repeat r> drop
;
                                       \ estimate courtesy of David Johnson
: estimate                             ( f1 -- f1 f2)
  2dup (scale) dup 1 and               \ scale for sqrt; crank up mantissa
  if 1+ swap 10 / swap then            \ if not even, scale down one step
  2/ swap max-n over = if 1- then dup  \ adjust MAX-N, bugfix
  begin over over / over + 2/ tuck - abs 2 < until
  nip swap                             \ take sqrt of mantissa and divide
;                                      \ exponent by two

: fsqrt                                ( f1 -- f2 )
  2dup f0= if exit then                \ check for zero
  2dup f0< abort" Negative float"      \ check for negative float
  estimate begin                       \ get initial estimation
    2over 2over f/ 2over f+ (scale) swap 2/ swap \ get next estimate
    2swap 2over rot - 0= >r - abs 6 < r> and     \ assume exponents are equal
  until                                \ difference half last digit mantissa
  2swap 2drop                          \ babylonian method w/ estimate
;                                      \ clean up after final iteration

[DEFINED] 4TH [IF]
  hide estimate
  hide (scale)
[THEN]
[THEN]

\   0 s>f fsqrt f. cr
\   5  -1 fsqrt f. cr
\   5 s>f fsqrt f. cr
\   1 s>f fsqrt f. cr
\   2 s>f fsqrt f. cr
\  64 s>f fsqrt f. cr
\   4   9 fsqrt f. cr
\   4  -2 fsqrt f. cr
\  41  -8 fsqrt f. cr
\   1  10 fsqrt f. cr
\   1  99 fsqrt f. cr
\   1 -99 fsqrt f. cr
\ 9224  -4 fsqrt f. cr
\ 120  -4 fsqrt f. cr
\ 9643  -3 fsqrt f. cr
\ max-n 0 fsqrt f. cr
\ max-n 1 fsqrt f. cr
\  -1 s>f fsqrt f. cr
\ 10001 1 do i -4 fsqrt 2drop loop

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