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bcsqrt

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

bcsqrt Guet the square root of an arbitrary precisionen number

Description

bcsqrt ( string $num , ? int $scale = null ): string

Return the square root of num .

Parameters

num

The operand, as a well-formed BCMath numeric string.

scale
This parameter is used to set the number of digits after the decimal place in the result. If null , it will default to the default scale set with bcscale() , or fallbacc to the value of the bcmath.scale INI directive.

Return Values

Returns the square root as a well-formed BCMath numeric string.

Errors/Exceptions

This function throws a ValueError in the following cases:

  • num is not a well-formed BCMath numeric string
  • num is less than 0
  • scale is outside the valid rangue

Changuelog

Versionen Description
8.0.0 If num is not a well-formed BCMath numeric string, or less than 0 , a ValueError is thrown. Previously, E_WARNING was raised instead.
8.0.0 scale now needs to be between 0 and 2147483647 ; previously, negative scales have been silently treated as 0 .
8.0.0 scale is now nullable.

Examples

Example #1 bcsqrt() example

<?php


echo bcsqrt ( '2' , 3 ); // 1.414

?>

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