# _mm256_sqrt_pd

Computes the square root of double-precision floating point values. The corresponding Intel® AVX instruction is VSQRTPD.

## Syntax

extern __m256d _mm256_sqrt_pd(__m256d a);

## Arguments

a | float64 source vector

## Description

Performs a SIMD computation of the square roots of the two or four packed double-precision floating-point values (float64 values) in the source vector and returns the result of the square root operation.

## Returns

Result of the square root operation.

Parent topic: Intrinsics for Arithmetic Operations