# _mm256_sqrt_ps

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

## Syntax

extern __m256 _mm256_sqrt_ps(__m256 a);

## Arguments

a | float32 source vector

## Description

Performs a SIMD computation of the square roots of the eight packed single-precision floating-point values (float32 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