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)