## Copyright (C) 2008-2015 David Bateman
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} realsqrt (@var{x})
## Return the real-valued square root of each element of @var{x}.
##
## If any element results in a complex return value @code{realsqrt} aborts
## and issues an error.
## @seealso{sqrt, realpow, reallog}
## @end deftypefn

function y = realsqrt (x)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  elseif (iscomplex (x) || any (x(:) < 0))
    error ("realsqrt: produced complex result");
  else
    y = sqrt (x);
  endif

endfunction


%!assert (realsqrt (1:5), sqrt (1:5))
%!test
%! x = rand (10, 10);
%! assert (realsqrt (x), sqrt (x));

%!error realsqrt ()
%!error realsqrt (1,2)
%!error <produced complex result> realsqrt (-1)

