HYPOT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: June 25, 1993
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NAME
hypot - Euclidean distance function
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double hypot(double x, double y);
DESCRIPTION
The hypot() function returns the sqrt(x*x + y*y). This is the
length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle with sides of length x and y, or the distance of the point (x, y) from the origin.
CONFORMING TO
SVID 3, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
sqrt(3)
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