tpl: Add math.Sqrt

Fixes #6941

3 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tpl/math/init.go b/tpl/math/init.go
index bbffb23aa..45240c5e1 100644
--- a/tpl/math/init.go
+++ b/tpl/math/init.go
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ func init() {
 			},
 		)
 
+		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Sqrt,
+			nil,
+			[][2]string{
+				{"{{math.Sqrt 81}}", "9"},
+			},
+		)
+
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Mod,
 			[]string{"mod"},
 			[][2]string{
diff --git a/tpl/math/math.go b/tpl/math/math.go
index 08be42b47..950d95905 100644
--- a/tpl/math/math.go
+++ b/tpl/math/math.go
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ func (ns *Namespace) Log(a interface{}) (float64, error) {
 	return math.Log(af), nil
 }
 
+// Sqrt returns the square root of a number.
+// NOTE: will return for NaN for negative values of a
+func (ns *Namespace) Sqrt(a interface{}) (float64, error) {
+	af, err := cast.ToFloat64E(a)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.New("Sqrt operator can't be used with non integer or float value")
+	}
+
+	return math.Sqrt(af), nil
+}
+
 // Mod returns a % b.
 func (ns *Namespace) Mod(a, b interface{}) (int64, error) {
 	ai, erra := cast.ToInt64E(a)
diff --git a/tpl/math/math_test.go b/tpl/math/math_test.go
index 0beec8204..70f6749ba 100644
--- a/tpl/math/math_test.go
+++ b/tpl/math/math_test.go
@@ -153,6 +153,51 @@ func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
 		c.Assert(result, qt.Equals, test.expect)
 	}
+
+	// Separate test for Log(-1) -- returns NaN
+	result, err := ns.Log(-1)
+	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(result, qt.Satisfies, math.IsNaN)
+}
+
+func TestSqrt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	ns := New()
+
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		a      interface{}
+		expect interface{}
+	}{
+		{81, float64(9)},
+		{0.25, float64(0.5)},
+		{0, float64(0)},
+		{"abc", false},
+	} {
+
+		result, err := ns.Sqrt(test.a)
+
+		if b, ok := test.expect.(bool); ok && !b {
+			c.Assert(err, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// we compare only 4 digits behind point if its a real float
+		// otherwise we usually get different float values on the last positions
+		if result != math.Inf(-1) {
+			result = float64(int(result*10000)) / 10000
+		}
+
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(result, qt.Equals, test.expect)
+	}
+
+	// Separate test for Sqrt(-1) -- returns NaN
+	result, err := ns.Sqrt(-1)
+	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(result, qt.Satisfies, math.IsNaN)
+
 }
 
 func TestMod(t *testing.T) {