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HYPOT (3)

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

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