NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       hypot - Euclidean distance function

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <math.h>

       double hypot(double x, double y);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVID 3, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       sqrt(3)



				  1993-06-25			      HYPOT(3)