RosettaCodeData/Task/Nth-root/Basic09/nth-root.basic

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PROCEDURE nth
PARAM N : INTEGER; A, P : REAL
DIM TEMP0, TEMP1 : REAL
TEMP0 := A
TEMP1 := A/N
WHILE ( abs(TEMP0 - TEMP1) > P) DO
TEMP0 := TEMP1
TEMP1 := (( N - 1.0) * TEMP1 + A / TEMP1 ^ (N - 1.0)) / N
ENDWHILE
PRINT "Root Number Precision"
PRINT N, A, P
PRINT "The Root is: ";TEMP1
END