1HYPOT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual HYPOT(3)
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6 hypot, hypotf, hypotl - Euclidean distance function
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9 #include <math.h>
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11 double hypot(double x, double y);
12 float hypotf(float x, float y);
13 long double hypotl (long double x, long double y);
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18 The hypot() function returns sqrt(x*x+y*y). This is the length of the
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27 cabs(3), sqrt(3)
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