Square root
The sqrt
instructions, short for square root, are used to get the square root of a number.
Try it
(module (import "console" "log" (func $log (param f32))) (func $main f32.const 2 ;; load a number onto the stack f32.sqrt ;; calculate the square root call $log ;; log the result ) (start $main) )
const url = "{%wasm-url%}"; await WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch(url), { console });
Syntax
wat
;; load a number onto the stack f32.const 289 ;; get the square root of 289 f32.sqrt ;; the top item on the stack will now be 17
Instruction | Binary opcode |
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f32.sqrt | 0x91 |
f64.sqrt | 0x9f |