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34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Sqr Function [Runtime]</title>
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38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39<lastedited date="2004-08-24T14:27:05">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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43<section id="sqr">
44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156027"><bookmark_value>Sqr function</bookmark_value>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156027" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080401.xhp" name="Sqr Function [Runtime]">Sqr Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Calculates the square root of a numeric expression.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Sqr (Number)</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
55<emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to calculate the square root for.</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">A square root is the number that you multiply by itself to produce another number, for example, the square root of 36 is 6.</paragraph>
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59<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleSqr</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156423" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim iVar As Single</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">iVar = 36</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Msgbox Sqr(iVar)</paragraph>
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