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Create an else clause to handle the case where the value of root is not None, indicating that a root has been found. If it is not None, print the message 'The square root of {square_target} is approximately {root}'. Remember to format using an f-string.

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You should create an else clause.

js
({
    test: () => 
    {
         assert(runPython(`_Node(_code).find_function("square_root_bisection").find_ifs()[1].find_bodies()[2].find_ifs()[0].find_conditions()[1] == _Node()`));
    }
})

You should print f'The square root of {square_target} is approximately {root}' within the else body.

js
({
    test: () => 
    {
        assert(runPython(`_Node(_code).find_function("square_root_bisection").find_ifs()[1].find_bodies()[2].find_ifs()[0].find_bodies()[1].is_equivalent("print(f'The square root of {square_target} is approximately {root}')")`));
    }
})

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py
def square_root_bisection(square_target, tolerance=1e-7, max_iterations=100):
    if square_target < 0:
        raise ValueError('Square root of negative number is not defined in real numbers')
    if square_target == 1:
        root = 1
        print(f'The square root of {square_target} is 1')
    elif square_target == 0:
        root = 0
        print(f'The square root of {square_target} is 0')

    else:
        low = 0
        high = max(1, square_target)
        root = None
        
        for _ in range(max_iterations):
            mid = (low + high) / 2
            square_mid = mid**2

            if abs(square_mid - square_target) < tolerance:
                root = mid
                break

            elif square_mid < square_target:
                low = mid
            else:
                high = mid

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        if root is None:
            print(f"Failed to converge within {max_iterations} iterations.")
        
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