Thread: finding the square root of a number

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    finding the square root of a number

    is there an easy (or even not easy) way to find the square root of a number in c++? like, well, actually i have no idea how you would do it.... is it even possible?
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    look up sqrt() in cmath.

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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <ctype.h>
    #include <math.h>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    int main()
    {
    	double find_sqrt;
    
    	cout << "Enter a double: ";
    	cin >> find_sqrt;
    
    	cout << sqrt(find_sqrt) << endl;
    
    	return 0;
    }

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