(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_sqrt

Compute the square root of x.

Header File

Syntax

double SDL_sqrt(double x);

Function Parameters

x	floating point value. Must be greater than or equal to 0.

Return Value

Returns square root of x

Remarks

Domain: 0 <= x <= INF

Range: 0 <= y <= INF

This function operates on double-precision floating point values, use SDL_sqrtf for single-precision floats.

This function may use a different approximation across different versions, platforms and configurations. i.e, it can return a different value given the same input on different machines or operating systems, or if SDL is updated.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.