If you need a SQR function for the 1980 4K CoCo Programming Challenge try the code below. This is a successive approximation SQR subroutine. 10000 REM Y=SQR(X) 10010 K=0 10020 J=4294967296 10030 FOR I=1 TO 32 10040 K=K+J 10050 Y=K/65536 10060 IF Y*Y>X THEN K=K-J 10070 J=J/2 10080 NEXT I 10090 Y=K/65536 10100 RETURN John Mark Mobley