Consider the following Pascal function: function X (M:integer) : integer; var…

GATE · 1991 · CS · Question 3 subpartsModified — slightly modified from the official paper; see the solution

Consider the following Pascal function:

function X (M:integer) : integer;

var i:integer;

begin

i:=0;

while i*i<M do i:=i+1

X:=i;

end

The function call X(N), if N is a positive integer that is not a perfect square, will return

A.
(√N)
B.
(√N)+1
C.
[√N]
D.
[√N]+1
E.
None of the above

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