9 222 SQUARE_ROOT

9.222 SQUARE_ROOT

Þ Note: Built-In Function Rules.

Calculates a square root value.

For use with

LANSA for i YES Visual LANSA for Windows YES Visual LANSA for Linux YES

 

Arguments

No Type Req/ Opt Description Min Len Max Len Min Dec Max Dec 1 N Req Value to have square root calculated. Note: In Visual LANSA the maximum length is 15,5 1 30 0 9

 

Return Values

No Type Req/ Opt Description Min Len Max Len Min Dec Max Dec 1 N Req Square root value. Note: In Visual LANSA the maximum length is 15,5 1 30 0 9

 

 

Note: This function will truncate the root value into the return value. That is, if the return field is defined as digits(4) decimals(2) and the value of the square root is 1.41421, the value returned will be 01.41.

Examples

********** A simple square root calculator DEFINE     FIELD(#NUMBER1) TYPE(*DEC) LENGTH(15) DECIMALS(5) EDIT_CODE(3)
DEFINE     FIELD(#RESULT) TYPE(*DEC) LENGTH(15) DECIMALS(5) EDIT_CODE(3)
********** Request number to calculate root from
REQUEST    FIELDS(#NUMBER1)
********** Calculate square root
USE        BUILTIN(SQUARE_ROOT) WITH_ARGS(#NUMBER1) TO_GET(#RESULT)
********** Display result
DISPLAY   FIELDS(#NUMBER1 #RESULT)