issq

Calc Software Package for Number Calc

NAME
    issq - whether a value is a square

SYNOPSIS
    issq(x)

TYPES
    x		real

    return	int

DESCRIPTION
    Determine if x is a square.	 If there exists integers a, b such that:

	x == a^2 / b^2		(b != 0)

    return 1, otherwise return 0.

    Note that issq() works on rational values, so:

    	issq(25/16) == 1

    If you want to test for prefect square integers, you need to exclude
    non-integer values before you test:

    	isint(curds) && issq(curds)

EXAMPLE
    ; print issq(25), issq(3), issq(0)
    1 0 1

    ; print issq(4/25), issq(-4/25), issq(pi())
    1 0 0

LIMITS
    none

LINK LIBRARY
    BOOL qissquare(NUMBER *x)
    BOOL zissquare(ZVALUE x)

SEE ALSO
    isassoc, isatty, isblk, isconfig, isdefined, iserror, iseven, isfile,
    ishash, isident, isint, islist, ismat, ismult, isnull, isnum, isobj,
    isobjtype, isodd, isprime, isrand, israndom, isreal, isrel,
    issimple, isstr, istype

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