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Name

sqrt, sqrtf, sqrtl - square root function

Synopsis


#include <math.h>
double sqrt(double x);
float sqrtf(float x);
long double sqrtl(long double x);

Description

The 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

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899. The float and the long double variants are C99 requirements.

See Also

hypot(3)


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