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#sqrt EXPR

#sqrt

Return the square root of EXPR. If EXPR is omitted, returns square root of $_. Only works on non-negative operands, unless you've loaded the standard Math::Complex module.

use Math::Complex;
print sqrt(-2); # prints 1.4142135623731i

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