sqrt

NAME

sqrt, sqrtf, sqrtl - square root function

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>
 I double sqrt(double  x );

I float sqrtf(float x );
I long double sqrtl(long double x );
Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The R sqrt () function returns the non-negative square root of x. It fails and sets errno to EDOM, if x is negative.

ERRORS

EDOM
x is negative.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. The float and long double variants are C99 requirements.

SEE ALSO

cbrt(3), csqrt(3), hypot(3)