2011 Khronos Group
sqrt 3G
sqrt return the square root of the parameter

## Declaration

genType `sqrt` genType x genDType `sqrt` genDType x

## Parameters

x

  Specify the value of which to take the square root.

## Description

`sqrt` returns the square root of x. i.e., the value x. Results are undefined if x 0.

## Version Support

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sqrt (genType)#newin11#
sqrt (genDType)#newin40#

## See Also

pow, inversesqrt

## Copyright

Copyright 2011 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. http://opencontent.org/openpub/.