squareRoot() [UNSTABLE]
This function is still unstable and in the developmental stage. It takes about
16,309milliseconds to compute squareroot 2 to two hundred decimal places on a Windows 8 with 2GB RAM, 1.8GHz processor (Google Chrome 58.0.3029.81). Additionally, it does not work with very large numbers yet!.
squareRoot() returns the square root of a number. This has only a method function.
Syntax
method function
ba.squareRoot();
Parameters
method function
none
Return value
method function - {BigArith}
A BigArith object with its value equals to the square root of the value of the BigArith object it is called on to 200 decimal place when necessary.
Description
There is no static method function for squareRoot() so it should ALWAYS be used as a member function.
Negative number returns NaN.
Examples
In the server-side, always remember to add the line
var BigArith = require('bigarith.js');however every other thing remains the same in both server-side and client-side code.
Using method function
var ba = new BigArith("2");
ba = ba.squareRoot(); //BigArith object with value "1.41421356237309504880168872420969807856967187537694807317667973799073247846210703885038753432764157273501384623091229702492483605585073721264412149709993583141322266592750559275579995050115278206057147"
ba = new BigArith("0.5");
ba = ba.squareRoot(); //BigArith object with value "0.70710678118654752440084436210484903928483593768847403658833986899536623923105351942519376716382078636750692311545614851246241802792536860632206074854996791570661133296375279637789997525057639103028574"
ba = new BigArith("4");
ba = ba.squareRoot(); //BigArith object with value "2"
ba = new BigArith("-3");
ba = ba.squareRoot(); //NaN
Method chaining
Since the method returns a BigArith object, method chaining is possible.
var ba = new BigArith("-17031986");
ba = ba.divide("+17031986").add("24011985").multiply("456785564").subtract("2"); //BigArith object with value "10968327654198974"
More examples here. Full documentation here