StrictMath.Sqrt(Double) Method

Definition

Returns the correctly rounded positive square root of a double value.

[Android.Runtime.Register("sqrt", "(D)D", "")]
public static double Sqrt (double a);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("sqrt", "(D)D", "")>]
static member Sqrt : double -> double

Parameters

a
Double

a value.

Returns

the positive square root of a.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns the correctly rounded positive square root of a double value. Special cases: <ul><li>If the argument is NaN or less than zero, then the result is NaN. <li>If the argument is positive infinity, then the result is positive infinity. <li>If the argument is positive zero or negative zero, then the result is the same as the argument.</ul> Otherwise, the result is the double value closest to the true mathematical square root of the argument value.

Java documentation for java.lang.StrictMath.sqrt(double).

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Applies to