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SQRT(3P)                   POSIX Programmer's Manual                  SQRT(3P)
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       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the  corresponding
       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
       not be implemented on Linux.
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 functionality described on this reference page is aligned with  the
       ISO C  standard.  Any  conflict between the requirements described here
       and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This  volume  of  POSIX.1-2008
       defers to the ISO C standard.
       These functions shall compute the square root of their argument x, x.
       An  application  wishing to check for error situations should set errno
       to zero and  call  feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT)  before  calling  these
       functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID |
       FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero,  an  error  has
       occurred.
RETURN VALUE
       Upon  successful  completion,  these  functions shall return the square
       root of x.
       For finite values of x < -0, a domain error shall occur, and  either  a
       NaN  (if  supported),  or  an  implementation-defined  value  shall  be
       returned.
       If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
       If x is +-0 or +Inf, x shall be returned.
       If x is -Inf, a domain error shall occur, and a NaN shall be returned.
ERRORS
       These functions shall fail if:
       Domain Error
                   The finite value of x is < -0, or x is -Inf.
                   If the integer expression (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)
                   is  non-zero,  then  errno  shall be set to [EDOM].  If the
                   integer expression (math_errhandling &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is
                   non-zero,  then  the invalid floating-point exception shall
                   be raised.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
   Taking the Square Root of 9.0
           #include <math.h>
           ...
           double x = 9.0;
           double result;
           ...
           result = sqrt(x);
APPLICATION USAGE
       On  error,  the  expressions  (math_errhandling   &   MATH_ERRNO)   and
       (math_errhandling  & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but
       at least one of them must be non-zero.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), isnan()
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Section 4.19, Treatment of
       Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>, <stdio.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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       is  the  referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
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