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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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"David C. Hoos" <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> writes:

> > hello all
> > 
> > does a sqrt function exists in ada and if yes in which package?
> You can read about it in section A.5.1 of the Ada Reference
> Manual (titled "Elementary Functions").
> 
> You really should learn to search the obvious sources of
> information before asking questions in a news group.

True, but in fairness to the OP, the RM can be pretty inaccessible to
beginners.  However, for predefined library stuff like Sqrt, the RM is a
pretty good reference.  And Sqrt is in the index (there are actually
*two* Sqrt functions ;-) ).

- Bob