Re: Fwd: [algogeeks] Re: recursive nearest square

2011-08-09 Thread Ankuj Gupta
we can do it in logn by using binary search approach found n is the number whose square root has to be if(n==1) return 1; if(n==0) return 0; int low=0,high=n/2,mid,temp; while(1) { mid = (low+high)/2;

Re: Fwd: [algogeeks] Re: recursive nearest square

2011-08-09 Thread Dave
@Ankuj: Yeah, but he asked for it to be recursive. Yours is iterative. Dave On Aug 9, 9:56 am, Ankuj Gupta ankuj2...@gmail.com wrote: we can do it in logn by using binary search approach found n is the number whose square root has to be         if(n==1)                 return 1;        

Re: Fwd: [algogeeks] Re: recursive nearest square

2011-08-09 Thread Ankuj Gupta
My bad but it can be made recursive :) On Aug 9, 8:17 pm, Dave dave_and_da...@juno.com wrote: @Ankuj: Yeah, but he asked for it to be recursive. Yours is iterative. Dave On Aug 9, 9:56 am, Ankuj Gupta ankuj2...@gmail.com wrote: we can do it in logn by using binary search