z/VM REXX quadratic solver

quadratics.exec

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+/* REXX  */
+  Numeric Digits 30
+  Parse Arg a b c 1 alist
+  Select
+    When a='' | a='?' Then
+      Call exit 'rexx qgl a b c solves a*x**2+b*x+c'
+    When words(alist)<>3 Then
+      Call exit 'three numbers are required'
+    Otherwise
+      Nop
+    End
+  gl=a'*x**2'
+  Select
+    When b<0 Then gl=gl||b'*x'
+    When b>0 Then gl=gl||'+'||b'*x'
+    Otherwise Nop
+    End
+  Select
+    When c<0 Then gl=gl||c
+    When c>0 Then gl=gl||'+'||c
+    Otherwise Nop
+    End
+  Say gl '= 0'
+ 
+  d=b**2-4*a*c
+  If d<0 Then Do
+    dd=sqrt(-d)
+    r=-b/(2*a)
+    i=dd/(2*a)
+    x1=r'+'i'i'
+    x2=r'-'i'i'
+    End
+  Else Do
+    dd=sqrt(d)
+    x1=(-b+dd)/(2*a)
+    x2=(-b-dd)/(2*a)
+    End
+ Say 'x1='||x1
+  Say 'x2='||x2
+  Exit
+sqrt:
+/* REXX ***************************************************************
+* EXEC to calculate the square root of x with high precision
+**********************************************************************/
+  Parse Arg x
+  prec=digits()
+  prec1=2*prec
+  eps=10**(-prec1)
+  k = 1
+  Numeric Digits prec1
+  r0= x
+  r = 1
+  Do i=1 By 1 Until r=r0 | (abs(r*r-x)<eps)
+    r0 = r
+    r  = (r + x/r) / 2
+    k  = min(prec1,2*k)
+    Numeric Digits (k + 5)
+    End
+  Numeric Digits prec
+  Return (r+0)
+exit: Say arg(1)
+Exit
+ 
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