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Golang tutorial sqrt function with error
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math"
)
type ErrNegativeSqrt float64
func (e ErrNegativeSqrt) Error() string {
// Need to convert e to float64 before passing to Sprint
// Or else Sprint will call Error() on e,
// and send progrem into infinite loop
return fmt.Sprintf("cannot Sqrt negative number: %g", float64(e))
}
func Sqrt(x float64) (float64, error) {
if (x < 0) {
return 0, ErrNegativeSqrt(x)
}
z := 1.0
for {
temp := z - (z*z-x)/(2*z)
if math.Abs(temp-z)<0.0000000001 {
return temp, nil
}
z = temp
}
}
func main() {
fmt.Println(Sqrt(2))
fmt.Println(Sqrt(-2))
}
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