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HYPOT(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  HYPOT(3)

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) 1993-06-25 HYPOT(3)
Related Man Pages
hypotf(3) - linux
hypotf(3) - suse
hypot(3) - netbsd
hypotl(3) - freebsd
hypotf(3) - freebsd
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