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)