Contributor: SWAG SUPPORT TEAM (***** Find the square-root of an Integer between 1..2,145,635,041 *) (* *) Function FindSqrt({input} lo_in : LongInt) : {output} LongInt; (***** SUB : Find square-root For numbers less than 65417. *) (* *) Function FS1({input } wo_in : Word) : {output} Word; Var wo_Temp : Word; begin wo_Temp := 1; While ((wo_Temp * wo_Temp) < wo_in) do inc(wo_Temp, 11); While((wo_Temp * wo_Temp) > wo_in) do dec(wo_Temp); FS1 := wo_Temp end; (* SUB : FS1. *) (***** SUB : Find square-root For numbers greater than 65416. *) (* *) Function FS2(lo_in : LongInt) : LongInt; Var lo_Temp : LongInt; begin lo_Temp := 1; While ((lo_Temp * lo_Temp) < lo_in) do inc(lo_Temp, 24); While((lo_Temp * lo_Temp) > lo_in) do dec(lo_Temp); FS2 := lo_Temp end; (* SUB : FS2. *) begin if (lo_in < 64517) then FindSqrt := FS1(lo_in) else FindSqrt := FS2(lo_in) end; (* FindSqrt. *) { ...I've now re-written the "seive" Program, and it appears to now run about twice as fast. I'll post the new improved source-code in another message. }