Error with math.sqrt

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Jack Harvey <jackrharvey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm starting out with Python 3.5.  My current frustration is with:
>
>
>>>> math.sqrt(25)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
>     math.sqrt(25)
> NameError: name 'math' is not defined
>>>>
>
>
> Advice?

A lot of Python's features are in what's called the "standard library"
- a set of modules that you can call up with the 'import' statement.
In this case, all you need is to start with this line:

import math

Once you do that, everything in the math module (including math.sqrt)
should be available.

Enjoy!

ChrisA