How Sqrt Function Works?

In the maya help there is example :

sqrt 24;

The result shoud be // Result: 4.898979486 //

but what i get when i type sqrt 24; in the script editor is this :

// Error: sqrt 24.0 ; //
// Error: Wrong number of arguments on call to sqrt. //

Please help guys

Dont forget the parentheses

CODE
sqrt(24);

Thanks