<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************************** * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03080401xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Sqr Function [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03080401.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2004-08-24T14:27:05">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="sqr"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156027"><bookmark_value>Sqr function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <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> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147226" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Calculates the square root of a numeric expression.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143267" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Sqr (Number)</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Double</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"> <emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to calculate the square root for.</paragraph> <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> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153192" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Example:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleSqr</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156423" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim iVar As Single</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147288" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">iVar = 36</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159254" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Msgbox Sqr(iVar)</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">end sub</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>