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  1. function [output, absError] = square_root(x, x1)
  2.     %square_root Calculates an approximation of sqrt(x).
  3.     %   Approximates the sqrt(x) using iterative methods with x1 being the
  4.     %   initial starting value to iterate upon.
  5.  
  6.     % Set first iteration result to x and absError to -1.
  7.     x_iterations(1) = x1;
  8.     absError = -1;
  9.  
  10.     % If x or x1 are not positive integers...
  11.     if x < 0 || x1 < 0
  12.  
  13.         % Return output = 0 and absError = -1.
  14.         output = 0;
  15.         return;
  16.     end
  17.  
  18.     % While the absoulte error is still to large.
  19.     while absError < -0.000001
  20.  
  21.         % Get the last item in the iterations list (the most recent
  22.         % calculation).
  23.         xn = x_iterations(end);
  24.  
  25.         % Calculate the next iteration.
  26.         xNext = 0.5 * ( xn + (x / xn));
  27.  
  28.         % Add new calculation to the end of the iterations list.
  29.         x_iterations(end+1) = xNext;
  30.  
  31.         % Calculate the new absoulte error.
  32.         absError = xNext - xn;
  33.  
  34.         % Set the output to the most recent calculation (will not be
  35.         % returned until the while loop has ended).
  36.         output = xNext;
  37.     end
  38. end
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