This concerns the new JavaScript BigInt type, as supported in Chrome and Node v10.4
Both the following lines throw an error:
Math.sqrt(9n)
Math.sqrt(BigInt(9))
Error is:
Cannot convert a BigInt value to a number
How do I get the square root of a BigInt in JavaScript? TIA
From here: https://golb.hplar.ch/2018/09/javascript-bigint.html
function sqrt(value) {
if (value < 0n) {
throw 'square root of negative numbers is not supported'
}
if (value < 2n) {
return value;
}
function newtonIteration(n, x0) {
const x1 = ((n / x0) + x0) >> 1n;
if (x0 === x1 || x0 === (x1 - 1n)) {
return x0;
}
return newtonIteration(n, x1);
}
return newtonIteration(value, 1n);
}
sqrt(BigInt(9))