# finding the square root of a number # get the number from the user user_input = raw_input("please enter a real number: ") number = float(user_input) # find the square root root = 1.0 times = 0 while abs(root * root - number) > 0.0000001: times = times + 1 root = (root + number/root) / 2 # print out the result print "the root of", number, "is", root print "times =", times