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SQRTPI function in Google Sheets

Returns the positive square root of the product of Pi and the given positive number.

=SQRTPI(value)

SQRTPI syntax and parameters

One argument, one required.

  • valuenumberRequired

    The number which will be multiplied by Pi and have the product's square root returned value must be positive; if it is negative, SQRTPI will return the #NUM! error.

SQRTPI examples

Formulas you'll actually reuse.

  1. √(π · B2) — shows up in the normal-distribution constant:

    =SQRTPI(B2)

    Result2.5066

  2. The 1/√(2π) prefactor of the standard normal density:

    =1 / SQRTPI(2)

    Result0.3989

SQRTPI in Excel

Same name — your formula ports as-is.

Try SQRTPI in the playground

Edit the example — nothing to install.

Preloaded with the SQRTPI formula from Example 1 — change anything and watch it respond.

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