""" This program will look for the next perfect square. Check the argument to see if it is a perfect square itself, if it is not then return -1 otherwise look for the next perfect square. for instance if you pass 121 then the script should return the next perfect square which is 144. """ def find_next_square(sq):     root = sq ** 0.5     if root.is_integer():         returroot + 1)**2     return -1 def find_next_sque2(sq):     """ Alternative method, works by evaluating anything non-zero as True (0.000001 --> True) """     root = sq**0.5.

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"""
This program will look for the next perfect square.
Check the argument to see if it is a perfect square itself, if it is not then return -1 otherwise
look for the next perfect square.
for instance if you pass 121 then the script should return the next perfect square which is 144.
"""

def find_next_square(sq):
    root = sq ** 0.5
    if root.is_integer():
        returroot + 1)**2
    return -1

def find_next_sque2(sq):
    """ Alternative method, works by evaluating anything non-zero as True (0.000001 --> True) """
    root = sq**0.5.

 

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