1## Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 David Bateman
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20## @deftypefn {Function File} {} realsqrt (@var{x})
21## Return the real-valued square root of each element of @var{x}. Report an
22## error if any element results in a complex return value.
23## @seealso{sqrt, realpow, reallog}
26function y = realsqrt (x)
29 elseif (iscomplex (x) || any (x(:) < 0))
30 error ("realsqrt: produced complex result");
36%!assert (sqrt(1:5),realsqrt(1:5))
39%! assert (sqrt(x),realsqrt(x))