Vector Square Root

Technical Analysis Indicator: sqrt

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Function Prototype

/* Vector Square Root */
/* Type: simple */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 0    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: none */
/* Outputs: sqrt */
int ti_sqrt_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_sqrt(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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Vector Square Root calculates the square root of each element in the input array.

$$sqrt_{t} = \sqrt{input_{t}}$$

This is sometimes useful as a building block to more complex functions.

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Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Vector Square Root */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {}; /* No options */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* sqrt */

/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_sqrt_start(options);

/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* sqrt */

/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_sqrt(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Vector Square Root
sqrt = ti.sqrt(input)

Example Calculation

dateinputsqrt
2005-11-0181.599.03
2005-11-0281.069.00
2005-11-0382.879.10
2005-11-0483.009.11
2005-11-0783.619.14
2005-11-0883.159.12
2005-11-0982.849.10
2005-11-1083.999.17
2005-11-1184.559.20
2005-11-1484.369.19
2005-11-1585.539.25
2005-11-1686.549.30
2005-11-1786.899.32
2005-11-1887.779.37
2005-11-2187.299.34

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