sqrt

Square root of fi object

Syntax

c = sqrt(a)

c = sqrt(a,T)

c = sqrt(a,F)

c = sqrt(a,T,F)

Description

This function computes the square root of a fi object using a bisection algorithm.

c = sqrt(a) returns the square root of fi object a. Intermediate quantities are calculated using the fimath associated with a. The numerictype object of c is determined automatically using an Internal Rule.

c = sqrt(a,T) returns the square root of fi object a with numerictype object T. Intermediate quantities are calculated using the fimath associated with a. See Data Type Propagation Rules.

c = sqrt(a,F) returns the square root of fi object a. Intermediate quantities are calculated using the fimath object F. The numerictype object of c is determined automatically using an Internal Rule.

When a is a built-in double or single data type, this syntax is equivalent to c = sqrt(a) and the fimath object F is ignored.

c = sqrt(a,T,F) returns the square root fi object a with numerictype object T. Intermediate quantities are also calculated using the fimath object F. See Data Type Propagation Rules.

Input Arguments

a — Input fi array

scalar | vector | matrix | multidimensional array

Input fi array, specified as a scalar, vector, matrix, or multidimensional array.

sqrt does not support complex, negative-valued, or [Slope Bias] inputs.

Example: a = fi(pi,1,8,3)

Data Types: fi

T — numerictype of output

numerictype object

numerictype of the output c, specified as a numerictype object.

Example: T = numerictype(1,32,30)

F — fimath used for calculations of intermediate quantities

fimath object

fimath used for calculations of intermediate quantities, specified as a fimath object.

Example: F = fimath('OverflowAction','Saturate','RoundingMethod','Convergent')

Algorithms

Internal Rule

For syntaxes where the numerictype object of the output is not specified as an input to the sqrt function, it is automatically calculated according to the following internal rule:

$$sig{n}_c=sig{n}_a$$

$$W{L}_c=\mathrm{ceil}(\frac{W{L}_a}{2})$$

$$F{L}_c=W{L}_c-\mathrm{ceil}(\frac{W{L}_a-F{L}_a}{2})$$

Data Type Propagation Rules

For syntaxes for which you specify a numerictype object T, the sqrt function follows the data type propagation rules listed in the following table. In general, these rules can be summarized as “floating-point data types are propagated.” This allows you to write code that can be used with both fixed-point and floating-point inputs.

Data Type of Input fi Object a	Data Type of numerictype object T	Data Type of Output c
Built-in double	Any	Built-in double
Built-in single	Any	Built-in single
fi Fixed	fi Fixed	Data type of numerictype object T
fi ScaledDouble	fi Fixed	ScaledDouble with properties of numerictype object T
fi double	fi Fixed	fi double
fi single	fi Fixed	fi single
Any fi data type	fi double	fi double
Any fi data type	fi single	fi single

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation

Generate C and C++ code using MATLAB® Coder™.

Usage notes and limitations:

• Complex inputs are not supported.

• Slope-bias scaled inputs are not supported.

• Negative inputs yield a 0 result for generated C code.

• Negative inputs are not supported for MATLAB^® Executable (MEX) code generation.

HDL Code Generation
Generate VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog code for FPGA and ASIC designs using HDL Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2006b