RosettaCodeData/Task/Nth-root/PureBasic/nth-root.purebasic

20 lines
416 B
Plaintext

#Def_p=0.001
Procedure.d Nth_root(n.i, A.d, p.d=#Def_p)
Protected Dim x.d(1)
x(0)=A: x(1)=A/n
While Abs(x(1)-x(0))>p
x(0)=x(1)
x(1)=((n-1.0)*x(1)+A/Pow(x(1),n-1.0))/n
Wend
ProcedureReturn x(1)
EndProcedure
;//////////////////////////////
Debug "125'th root of 5642 is"
Debug Pow(5642,1/125)
Debug "First estimate is:"
Debug Nth_root(125,5642)
Debug "And better:"
Debug Nth_root(125,5642,0.00001)