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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) A Fun Perfect Square Checker Using Integer Arithmetic Only... ;o) Post 302952547 by wisecracker on Wednesday 19th of August 2015 05:04:20 PM
Old 08-19-2015
A Fun Perfect Square Checker Using Integer Arithmetic Only... ;o)
A recent Python upload on another site gave me the inspiration to do an unusual bash version...

This is a little tongue-in-cheek but an enjoyable bit of fun.

It took around 11 seconds to prove 90000000000 had a perfect square of 300000...

It is a stand alone program and has a degree of INPUT error correction...

It was done on a MacBook Pro, OSX 10.7.5, default bash terminal and should work on Linux and UNIX flavours but it is untested...

Enjoy finding simple solutions to often very difficult problems...

Bazza...
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# perfect_square <number>
number=$1
if [ "$number" -eq "$number" ] > /dev/null 2>&1 
then
	if [ $number -lt 0 ]
	then
		echo "Warning! Integer is negative!!!"
		echo "Set input integer to the DEMO value of 99..."
		number=99
	fi
else
	echo "Invalid Argument! Set input integer to the DEMO value of 100..."
	number=100
fi
series=1
square=1
root=1
while true
do
	if [ $square -le $number ]
	then
		if [ $square -eq $number ]
		then
			echo "$number is the perfect square of $root..."
			exit 0
		fi
		root=$((root+1))
		series=$((series+2))
		square=$((square+series))
	else
		echo "Integer $number is not a perfect square..."
		exit 1
	fi
done
exit 0
# Last login: Tue Sep 16 20:12:27 on ttys000
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> chmod 755 perfect_square
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square ierooeirt
# Invalid Argument! Set input integer to the DEMO value of 100...
# 100 is the perfect square of 10...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square -345
# Warning! Integer is negative!!!
# Set input integer to the DEMO value of 99...
# Integer 99 is not a perfect square...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square 0
# Integer 0 is not a perfect square...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square 123.9
# Invalid Argument! Set input integer to the DEMO value of 100...
# 100 is the perfect square of 10...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square 625
# 625 is the perfect square of 25...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square 1
# 1 is the perfect square of 1...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square 11111
# Integer 11111 is not a perfect square...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square oiwero11234ldkf
# Invalid Argument! Set input integer to the DEMO value of 100...
# 100 is the perfect square of 10...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square -0.0
# Invalid Argument! Set input integer to the DEMO value of 100...
# 100 is the perfect square of 10...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square -1.25
# Invalid Argument! Set input integer to the DEMO value of 100...
# 100 is the perfect square of 10...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> ./perfect_square -1
# Warning! Integer is negative!!!
# Set input integer to the DEMO value of 99...
# Integer 99 is not a perfect square...
# AMIGA:barrywalker~> _

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