#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;
/**
Sets the seed of the random number generator.
*/
void rand_seed()
{ int seed = static_cast<int>(time(0));
srand(seed);
}
/**
Compute a random floating point number in a range
@param a the bottom of the range
@param b the top of the range
@return a random floating point number x,
a <= x and x <= b
*/
double rand_double(double a, double b)
{ return a + (b - a) * rand() * (1.0 / RAND_MAX);
}
/**
Tests whether two floating-point numbers are
approximately equal.
@param x a floating-point number
@param y another floating-point number
@return true if x and y are approximately equal
*/
bool approx_equal(double x, double y)
{ const double EPSILON = 1E-14;
if (x == 0) return fabs(y) <= EPSILON;
if (y == 0) return fabs(x) <= EPSILON;
return fabs(x - y) / max(fabs(x), fabs(y)) <= EPSILON;
}
/* Function to be tested */
/**
Computes the square root using Heron's formula
@param a an integer >= 0
@return the square root of a
*/
double squareroot(double a)
{ if (a == 0) return 0;
double xnew = a;
double xold;
do
{ xold = xnew;
xnew = (xold + a / xold) / 2;
}
while (!approx_equal(xnew, xold));
return xnew;
}
/* Test harness */
int main()
{ rand_seed();
int i;
for (i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
{ double x = rand_double(0, 1E6);
double y = squareroot(x);
if (!approx_equal(y, pow(x, 0.5)))
cout << "Test failed. ";
else
cout << "Test passed. ";
cout << "squareroot of " << x << " = " << y << "\n";
}
return 0;
}