C Program to Find the Square Root of a Number

Program description:- Write a C program to find the square root of a given number.

A square root of a number is a value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number. Example: 4 × 4 = 16, so a square root of 16 is 4. Note that (−4) × (−4) = 16 too, so −4 is also a square root of 16. The symbol is √ which always means the positive square root.

Program to find Square Root of a Number in C

#include<stdio.h>
#include<math.h>
int main()
{
   int number;
   double result;

   printf("Enter any integer number: ");
   scanf("%d",&number);

   result = sqrt(number);
   printf("Square root value=%.2lf",result);

   return 0;
}

Output:-

Enter any integer number: 25
Square root value=5.00

Enter any integer number: 30
Square root value=5.48

The sqrt() function is defined in C language to calculate the square root value of a number. It is defined inside “math.h” header file.

Note:- If you are using Linux/Unix and getting error undefined reference to 'sqrt' then see this undefined reference to ‘sqrt’ even included math.h header file.

To find square root of a number without using sqrt() function see here.

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