Assembly Language code for square root determination

[ivar4ever]

squareroot determination

this was asked in an interview:
"Write the assembly code for finding the square root of a number"

whats the answer :|

 

[VVV]

square root assembly language

This is not an easy thing to do, and I don't think it was fair to be asked that during an interview.
Anyway, take a look at this appnote that contains some info for SQRT in floating point. https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00660.pdf
You can adapt it to other micros.

 

[the_edge]

As I know there are ways to do it with basic math operations, but that is not easy at all. That is not a question for an interview...

 

[Kral]

ivar4ever,
I agree that this is not an appropriate question for an interview. Having said that, what's the target machine? Assembly languages are unique for each machine family.
Regards,
Kral

 

[ivar4ever]

thats true, platform is X86

 

[FIGUE]

Here is your answer:

http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/sqroot.html

 

[ivar4ever]

Here is your answer:

h**p://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/sqroot.html

thats true, but it is not at all easy to implement in assembly language