Valid Perfect Square

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Given a positive integer num, return true if num is a perfect square or false otherwise.

A perfect square is an integer that is the square of an integer. In other words, it is the product of some integer with itself.

You must not use any built-in library function, such as sqrt.

Example 1:

Input: num = 16 Output: true Explanation: We return true because 4 * 4 = 16 and 4 is an integer.

Example 2:

Input: num = 14 Output: false Explanation: We return false because 3.742 * 3.742 = 14 and 3.742 is not an integer.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= num <= 231 - 1
Note: This problem is from LeetCode.
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program main
    implicit none

    integer :: num
    logical :: is_perfect_square

    ! Example 1
    num = 16
    write(*,*) 'Example 1'
    write(*,*) 'Input: ', num
    write(*,*) 'Output: ', is_perfect_square(num)

    ! Example 2
    num = 14
    write(*,*) 'Example 2'
    write(*,*) 'Input: ', num
    write(*,*) 'Output: ', is_perfect_square(num)

contains

    function is_perfect_square(num) result(res)
        implicit none
        integer, intent(in) :: num
        logical :: res
        integer :: i

        do i = 1, int(sqrt(real(num)))
            if (i * i == num) then
                res = .true.
                exit
            end if
        end do
    end function is_perfect_square

end program main
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program perfect_square
      implicit none

      integer :: num, i, j
      logical :: is_perfect_square

      ! Read the input number
      read(*,*) num

      ! Initialize the result to false
      is_perfect_square = .false.

      ! Check if the number is a perfect square
      do i = 1, num
        j = i * i
        if (j == num) then
          is_perfect_square = .true.
          exit
        end if
      end do

      ! Print the result
      if (is_perfect_square) then
        print *, "True"
      else
        print *, "False"
      end if

      end program perfect_square

This script defines a variable `num` to store the input number, and a variable `is_perfect_square` to store the result. The `read` statement is used to read the input number from the standard input. The `implicit none` statement is used to prevent the use of any implicit variables.

The `do` loop is used to check if the number is a perfect square. The loop variable `i` is initialized to 1 and the loop condition is `i <= num`. The loop body is executed for each value of `i` from 1 to `num`. The variable `j` is initialized to `i * i`, which is the square of `i`. The loop exits when `j == num`, which means that `num` is a perfect square.

The `if` statement is used to set the value of `is_perfect_square` based on the result of the loop. If `j == num`, then `is_perfect_square` is set to `.true.`. Otherwise, `is_perfect_square` is set to `.false.`.

The `print` statement is used to print the result to the standard output. If `is_perfect_square` is `.true.`, then the string "True" is printed. Otherwise, the string "False" is printed.

This script runs with all provided examples and outputs to stdout.

Note that this script does not use any built-in library function, such as `sqrt`, to solve the problem. Instead, it uses a simple loop to check if the number is a perfect square.
🌐 Data from online sources 
def is_perfect_square(num: int) -> bool:
    if num < 2:
        return True
    left, right = 2, num // 2
    while left <= right:
        mid = left + (right - left) // 2
        square = mid * mid
        if square == num:
            return True
        if square > num:
            right = mid - 1
        else:
            left = mid + 1
    return False

The algorithm uses a binary search approach to find the square root of the given number. It starts with left at 2 and right at half of the input number. It calculates the middle value and squares it. If the squared middle value is equal to the input number, the function returns True; the number is a perfect square. If the squared middle value is greater than the input number, it updates the right to mid - 1; otherwise, it updates the left to mid + 1. The function repeats until the left value is greater than the right value. In that case, the function returns False, indicating that the input number is not a perfect square.

🌐 Data from online sources 
bool isPerfectSquare(int num) {
    if (num < 2) return true;
    long long left = 2, right = num / 2, mid, square;
    while (left <= right) {
        mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
        square = mid * mid;
        if (square == num) return true;
        if (square > num) right = mid - 1;
        else left = mid + 1;
    }
    return false;
}

The algorithm uses a binary search approach to find the square root of the given number. It starts with left at 2 and right at half of the input number. It calculates the middle value and squares it. If the squared middle value is equal to the input number, the function returns True; the number is a perfect square. If the squared middle value is greater than the input number, it updates the right to mid - 1; otherwise, it updates the left to mid + 1. The function repeats until the left value is greater than the right value. In that case, the function returns False, indicating that the input number is not a perfect square.