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  Argument
 
    number    Integer or real expression
 
  Returns
 
    Real      Square root of the number
 
  Description
 
    The Sqrt function takes a numeric expression and returns the square
    root of the number as an extended type.
 
    If Sqrt is passed a negative number, a run-time error occurs.