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SQRT

Computes the square root of the given input.

Syntax

SQRT(X) 

Arguments

X

Type: numeric

A numeric value.

Returns

Type: double

The square root of X as a double.

Note that if $$x \leq 0$$, then the function returns a null value.


Examples

X Output
1 1.0
-1 null
0 0.0
10.5 3.24037034920393

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