sqrt()                   Calculate Square Root
 
 #include   <math.h>
 
 double     sqrt(x);
 double     x;                           Non-negative floating-point value
 
    sqrt() returns the square root of 'x'.  'x' must be a non-negative,
    floating-point number.
 
    Returns:    Square root of 'x'.  If 'x' is negative, matherr() is
                called with a DOMAIN error, a DOMAIN error message is
                printed to 'stderr', 'errno' (defined in <stdlib.h>) is
                set to EDOM (defined in <math.h>), and 0.0 is returned.
 
      Notes:    Error handling can be modified by using the matherr()
                routine.
 
  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
 
    The following statements calculate the square root of 25.0, 0.0, and
    -4.0 (-4.0 causes an error):
 
         #include <math.h>       /* for sqrt() and EDOM */
         #include <stdio.h>      /* for printf() */
         #include <stdlib.h>     /* for errno */
 
         main()
         {
             double a, b, c;
 
             a = sqrt(25.0);    /* a = 5.0 */
             b = sqrt(0.0);     /* b = 0.0 */
             errno = 0;
             c = sqrt(-4.0);    /* c = 0.0, causes EDOM error */
             if (errno == EDOM)
                 printf("EDOM error in sqrt()\n");
         }

Seealso:


 exp() 
 log() 
 matherr() 
 pow()