RosettaCodeData/Task/Square-but-not-cube/Lua/square-but-not-cube.lua

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Lua

function nthroot (x, n)
local r = 1
for i = 1, 16 do
r = (((n - 1) * r) + x / (r ^ (n - 1))) / n
end
return r
end
local i, count, sq, cbrt = 0, 0
while count < 30 do
i = i + 1
sq = i * i
-- The next line should say nthroot(sq, 3), right? But this works. Maths, eh?
cbrt = nthroot(i, 3)
if cbrt == math.floor(cbrt) then
print(sq .. " is square and cube")
else
print(sq)
count = count + 1
end
end