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Find square root of number upto given precision using binary search in C++

C++Server Side ProgrammingProgramming

Suppose we have a positive number n, and precision p. We have to find square root of the number n up to p decimal places using binary search technique. So if the number is n = 50, and p = 3, then output is 7.071.

So solve this, we have to follow some steps −

  • Initialize start := 0 and end := n
  • Compare the square of mid integer, if this is equal to the number then integral part has found out, otherwise look for left or right as required.
  • Once we have completed the task for integral part, then do for the fractional part.
  • Initialize increment variable as 0.1, then compute fractional part up to p places. For each iteration increment changes to 1/10 th of its previous value.
  • Finally return the answer.

Example

 Live Demo

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
float sqrtBinarySearch(int num, int p) {
   int left = 0, right = num;
   int mid;
   float res;
   while (left <= right) {
      mid = (left + right) / 2;
      if (mid * mid == num) {
         res = mid;
         break;
      }
      if (mid * mid < num) {
         left = mid + 1;
         res = mid;
      } else {
         right = mid - 1;
      }
   }
   float incr = 0.1;
   for (int i = 0; i < p; i++) {
      while (res * res <= num) {
         res += incr;
      }
      res -= incr;
      incr /= 10;
   }
   return res;
}
int main() {
   int n = 50, p = 3;
   cout << "Square root of " << n << " up to precision " << p << " is: " << sqrtBinarySearch(50, 3) << endl;
}

Output

Square root of 50 up to precision 3 is: 7.071
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Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 19-Dec-2019 12:13:45

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