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abs labs llabs imaxabs (C99) fabs div ldiv lldiv imaxdiv (C99) fmod	remainder (C99) remquo (C99) fma (C99) fmax (C99) fmin (C99) fdim (C99) nan nanf nanl (C99) (C99) (C99)
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Defined in header <math.h>
float       sqrtf( float arg );		(since C99)
double      sqrt( double arg );
long double sqrtl( long double arg );		(since C99)

Computes square root of arg.

Parameters

arg

-

floating point or integer value

Return value

Square root of arg.

Domain error occurs if arg is negative. NAN is returned in that case.

See also

cbrt (C99)	computes cubic root (3√x) (function)
pow	raises a number to the given power (xy) (function)