calculating the squareroot without using predefined functions

[daniel.ngugi.980]

please help me to write a code which includes a function for calculating the squareroot of a number without using the predefined functions in the function header............

[pritaeas]

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/square-root-algorithm.php

[Adak]

Daniel honestly - you can think of a way to code up a loop and zero in on a square root of a number - I know you can.

**Daniel does your application require you to handle variables where the numeric values could be negative? As in the square root of -9. This would enter the realm of imaginary numbers as found in actuarial math. .

[gregha04756]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_method#Babylonian_method