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HYPOT

NAME

hypot, hypotf, hypotl - Euclidean distance function

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>
 I double hypot(double  x , double  y );

I float hypotf(float x , float y );
I long double hypotl(long double x , long double y );
Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The R hypot () function returns sqrt(x*x+y*y). This is the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle with sides of length x and R y , or the distance of the point (x,y) from the origin.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, C99. The float and long double variants are C99 requirements.

SEE ALSO

cabs(3), sqrt(3)