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<paragraph id="hd_id3156027" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080401.xhp" name="Sqr Function [Runtime]">Sqr Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147226" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Calculates the square root of a numeric expression.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3143267" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3149415" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Sqr (Number)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3156023" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3156343" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Double</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3147265" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149457" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Number:</emph> Any numeric expression that you want to calculate the square root for.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154365" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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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<paragraph id="hd_id3153192" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341601328" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iVar As Single</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341600096" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iVar = 36</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341598864" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox Sqr(iVar)</paragraph>
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