floatsqroot()

floatsqroot()

Description

Return the square root of a value.

Syntax

floatsqroot(value);

Parameters

Variable

Input

Variable

Input

value

The value to calculate the square root of.

Returns

The result: the square root of the input number.

Function call example

Float type numbers square root example
new data1=10; new Float: data2; new Float: root; main(){ data2 = float(data1); //first convert previous data into floating point if it wasn't before root = floatsqroot(data2); //the result will be: root = 3.1622776 while(1){ Delay(100); } }

Notes and Warnings

This function raises a “domain” error is the input value is negative

Used in Examples

Accelerometer example