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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # Square Root 22 23 > Compute an integer [square root][square-root]. 24 25 <section class="intro"> 26 27 </section> 28 29 <!-- /.intro --> 30 31 <section class="usage"> 32 33 ## Usage 34 35 ```javascript 36 var sqrtUint32 = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/fast/uint32-sqrt' ); 37 ``` 38 39 #### sqrtUint32( x ) 40 41 Returns an **approximate** [square root][square-root] of an unsigned 32-bit integer `x`. 42 43 ```javascript 44 var v = sqrtUint32( 9 >>> 0 ); 45 // returns 3 46 47 v = sqrtUint32( 2 >>> 0 ); 48 // returns 1 49 50 v = sqrtUint32( 3 >>> 0 ); 51 // returns 1 52 53 v = sqrtUint32( 0 >>> 0 ); 54 // returns 0 55 ``` 56 57 </section> 58 59 <!-- /.usage --> 60 61 <section class="notes"> 62 63 ## Notes 64 65 - Prefer hardware `sqrt` over a software implementation. 66 - When using a software `sqrt`, this implementation provides a performance boost when an application requires only **approximate** computations for integer arguments. 67 - For applications requiring high-precision, this implementation is **never** suitable. 68 69 </section> 70 71 <!-- /.notes --> 72 73 <section class="examples"> 74 75 ## Examples 76 77 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 78 79 ```javascript 80 var sqrtUint32 = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/fast/uint32-sqrt' ); 81 82 var v; 83 var i; 84 85 for ( i = 0; i < 101; i++ ) { 86 v = sqrtUint32( i >>> 0 ); 87 console.log( 'sqrt(%d) ≈ %d', i, v ); 88 } 89 ``` 90 91 </section> 92 93 <!-- /.examples --> 94 95 <section class="links"> 96 97 [square-root]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root 98 99 </section> 100 101 <!-- /.links -->