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31.Dd May 6, 1991
32.Dt SQRT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm cbrt ,
36.Nm cbrtf ,
37.Nm sqrt ,
38.Nm sqrtf
39.Nd cube root and square root functions
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Fd #include <math.h>
42.Ft double
43.Fn cbrt "double x"
44.Ft float
45.Fn cbrtf "float x"
46.Ft double
47.Fn sqrt "double x"
48.Ft float
49.Fn sqrtf "float x"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn cbrt
53function computes the cube root of
54.Ar x .
55The
56.Fn cbrtf
57function is a single precision version of
58.Fn cbrt .
59.Pp
60The
61.Fn sqrt
62function computes
63the non-negative square root of x.
64The
65.Fn sqrtf
66function is a single precision version of
67.Fn sqrt .
68.Sh RETURN VALUES
69If x is negative,
70.Fn sqrt "x"
71and
72.Fn sqrtf "x"
73set the global variable
74.Va errno
75to EDOM.
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr math 3
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Fn cbrt
81function appeared in
82.Bx 4.3 .
83