sqrt
| Definition: | atom x2 = sqrt(atom x1) |
| Description: | Calculate the square root of x1. |
| Comments: | This function may be applied to an atom or sq_sqrt() to all elements
of a sequence. The rules for
sequence operations apply.
Taking the square root of a negative number will abort your program with a run-time error message. |
| Example: |
r = sqrt(16) -- r is 4 |
| Implementation: | via :%opSqrt in builtins\VM\pTrig.e (an autoinclude) |
| See Also: | log, power |