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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/sqr.tm.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 sqr Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Compute the square of a number

Syntax

y = sqr(x)

Description

The sqr function returns the square of an arithmetic type. If its argument is a complex number (Complex_Type), then it returns the square of the modulus. If the argument is an array, a new array will be created whose elements are obtained from the original array by using the sqr function.

See Also

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abs, conj, imag, mul2, real, sign, sqrt
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