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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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Old 08-19-2015
On the same system, using ksh instead of bash, try:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
# perfect_square <number>
number=$1
if [ "$number" -eq "$((int(number)))" ] > /dev/null 2>&1 
then
	if [ "$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
root=$((int(number ** .5)))
square=$((root ** 2))
if [ $square -eq $number ]
then
	echo "$number is the perfect square of $root..."
	exit 0
else
	echo "Integer $number is not a perfect square..."
	exit 1
fi

PS Timing the script:
Code:
time perfect_square 90000000000
90000000000 is the perfect square of 300000...

real	0m0.00s
user	0m0.00s
sys	0m0.01s

Unfortunately, however, this only works with a 1993 or later version of ksh.

Last edited by Don Cragun; 08-19-2015 at 06:48 PM.. Reason: Adding timing results (11 seconds vs. .01 seconds) and disclaimer.
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Old 08-19-2015
Looks quite nice.

I think you can simplify that a tiny bit from while true ; if [ $square -le $number ] into while [ $square -lt $number ].
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Old 08-20-2015
Don cheated!!

Using same method, different interpreter:

Code:
mute@tiny:~$ time gawk -f ./square1 <<< $'90000000000\n4\n1'
90000000000 is the perfect square of 300000
4 is the perfect square of 2
1 is the perfect square of 1

real    0m0.081s
user    0m0.063s
sys     0m0.016s

Code:
{
  number=$1
  series=1
  square=1
  root=1
  while (square <= number) {
    if (square == number) {
      printf("%d is the perfect square of %d\n", number, root)
      next
    }
    root++
    series+=2
    square+=series
  }
  print "Not a perfect square"
  next
}

---------- Post updated at 10:58 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:45 PM ----------

using a binary search was idea taken from friend.. they implemented in bash and I again convert to awk. using "one true awk" is a tad faster than gawk

Code:
mute@tiny:~$ time bawk -f ./square2 90000000000
90000000000 is a perfect square of 300000

real    0m0.002s
user    0m0.001s
sys     0m0.001s

Code:
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
BEGIN {
  num = ARGV[1]
  i = 10
  while (i * i < num)
    i *= 10

  lower = i/10
  upper = i

  while ( (avg = (upper + lower) / 2) != lower )
    if (avg * avg > num)
      upper = avg
    else
      lower = avg

  if (avg * avg == num)
    print num" is a perfect square of "avg
  else
    print num" is not a perfect square"

  exit
}


Last edited by neutronscott; 08-21-2015 at 01:04 PM..
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# 5  
Old 08-21-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by neutronscott
Don cheated!!
... ... ...
---------- Post updated at 10:58 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:45 PM ----------

using a binary search was idea taken from friend.. they implemented in bash and I again convert to awk.

... ... ...
Let me get this straight... I use a different algorithm in a ksh script and get better times than using the original algorithm in a bash script, and I'm cheating...

But neutronscott uses a different algorithm in awk to get times similar to my ksh script and that's OK???

Sounds like a different standard of fairness to me. Smilie
# 6  
Old 08-21-2015
EDIT: :doh: nevermind to much of math/conditition issues here atm, this is just one of those times i wish one could delete one owns post as long noone else has replied to the thread.

Last edited by sea; 08-21-2015 at 01:53 AM..
# 7  
Old 08-21-2015
Fellas, fellas, settle down... ;oD

I seem to have created a riot on this thread; now let me mediate.

Firstly I did quote using "INTEGER arithmetic".

Secondly I also quoted "it is a little tongue-in-cheek".

And thirdly it uses builtins only...

At Don...
Don, in his defence, used builtins although not INTEGER arithmetic; he admitted that ksh93 was used as he expended on my original upload using ksh's floating point - root=$((int(number ** .5))) ; I am assuming 'int' is part of ksh's arithmetic...
So Don, as bash cannot do floating point then you did cheat... ;oD

At neutronscott...
Well what can I say... ;oD
Using various [?]awk commands are not builtins so you also cheated... ;oD

At sea...
It would have been interesting to see your result too...

One very serious question however:-

How accurate is either "[?]awk's" or "ksh's" floating point?
Would there be a situation where there would be a false result due to a floating point __error__?

Bazza...
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