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## sqrt

sqrt — Returns a square root value.

## Description

Returns the square root of x (x non-negative).

The argument value is restricted for log, log10, and sqrt.

## Syntax

    sqrt(x) (no rate restriction)

    sqrt(k/i[]) (k- or i-arrays )

where the argument within the parentheses may be an expression. Value converters perform arithmetic translation from units of one kind to units of another. The result can then be a term in a further expression.

## Examples

Here is an example of the sqrt opcode. It uses the file sqrt.csd.

Example 935. Example of the sqrt opcode.

See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.

    <CsoundSynthesizer>
    <CsOptions>
    ; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
    -odac      ;;;realtime audio out
    ;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too
    ; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:
    ; -o sqrt.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform
    </CsOptions>
    <CsInstruments>

    sr = 44100
    ksmps = 32
    0dbfs  = 1
    nchnls = 2

    instr 1

    asig   pluck 0.7, 55, 55, 0, 1
    kpan   line 0,p3,1
    kleft  = sqrt(1-kpan)
    kright = sqrt(kpan)
    printks "square root of left channel = %f\\n", 1, kleft	;show coarse of sqaure root values
           outs asig*kleft, asig*kright					;where 0.707126 is between 2 speakers

    endin
    </CsInstruments>
    <CsScore>

    i 1 0 10
    e
    </CsScore>
    </CsoundSynthesizer>

Its output should include lines like these:

    square root of left channel = 1.000000
    square root of left channel = 0.948688
    square root of left channel = 0.894437
    square root of left channel = 0.836676
    square root of left channel = 0.774620
    square root of left channel = 0.707139
    square root of left channel = 0.632499
    square root of left channel = 0.547781
    square root of left channel = 0.447295
    square root of left channel = 0.316242

## See Also

abs, exp, frac, int, log, log10, i

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