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authoryenatch <yenatch@gmail.com>2017-12-24 20:29:55 -0500
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-12-24 20:29:55 -0500
commitc2a7216d9b8689591ede817015bf96f263396bb8 (patch)
tree008635aac62c3fdbb446453d308c2255fb0554d9 /engine/routines/getsquareroot.asm
parent0b8b6f9259bedacad55bb4667de5b2bbe6eafda7 (diff)
parentc6b12b07b302b82765181b2521e1e0f2ca5f7725 (diff)
Merge pull request #424 from roukaour/master
Rename a routine and some maps; remove all code from main.asm
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+GetSquareRoot: ; 13b87
+; Return the square root of de in b.
+
+; Rather than calculating the result, we take the index of the
+; first value in a table of squares that isn't lower than de.
+
+ ld hl, .Squares
+ ld b, 0
+.loop
+; Make sure we don't go past the end of the table.
+ inc b
+ ld a, b
+ cp $ff
+ ret z
+
+; Iterate over the table until b**2 >= de.
+ ld a, [hli]
+ sub e
+ ld a, [hli]
+ sbc d
+
+ jr c, .loop
+ ret
+
+.Squares: ; 13b98
+root set 1
+ rept $ff
+ dw root*root
+root set root+1
+ endr