Calculate square without using sqrt

Answer 1

Please tag the relevant programming language.

You can use exponent 0.5 to get the square root.

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And please clarify if you calculate the square or the square root.

Answer 2

You should not use sqrt to calculate the square of a number because sqrt calculates square root.

To calculate the square, simply multiply the number by itself.

n = 5;
nsquared = n*n; // = 25