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ee.Number.sqrt
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Computes the square root of the input.
| Usage | Returns | Number.sqrt() | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: input | Number | The input value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Values less than 0 are invalid.
print('Square root of 100', ee.Number(100).sqrt()); // 10
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# Values less than 0 are invalid.
print('Square root of 100:', ee.Number(100).sqrt().getInfo()) # 10
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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