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Square Root

TODO

The following is an approximation of integer square root in C that has acceptable accuracy to about 1 million (maximum error from 1000 to 1000000 is about 7%): { Painstakingly made by me. ~drummyfish }

int32_t sqrtApprox(int32_t x)
{
  return
    (x < 1024) ?
    (-2400 / (x + 120) + x / 64 + 20) :
      ((x < 93580) ?
       (-1000000 / (x + 8000) + x / 512 + 142) :
       (-75000000 / (x + 160000) + x / 2048 + 565));
}

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