hypot

hypot

Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle

float **hypot** float $x float $y

returns the length of the hypotenuse of a

right-angle triangle with sides of length and , or the distance of the point (, ) from the origin. This is equivalent to . hypot``x``y``x``y``sqrt($x*$x + $y*$y)

xLength of first side

yLength of second side

Calculated length of the hypotenuse