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mhupman_60939
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Nov 07, 2011

iRule Math - Square Root?

I hope I'm simply doing something wrong, but I cannot figure out how to calculate the square root of a number inside an iRule. I tried the sqrt() and pow() TCL functions, but it doesn't seem like th...
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Kurt_Knochner_5
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Nov 08, 2011
Its very disappointing that they don't support basic math functions - what could be the motivation for that?

 

 

I think the motivation is to keep unnecessary overhead as small as possible. There are very, very rare situations where you would need a sqrt function to make a load balancing decision ;-)

 

 

I would be interested in your use case!

 

 

Regards

 

Kurt Knochner