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hypot

Return hypotenuse of triangle

Declaration

Source position: math.pp line 267

function hypot(

  x: float;

  y: float

):float;

Description

Hypotreturns the hypotenuse of the triangle where the sides adjacent to the square angle have lengths xand y. The function uses Pythagoras' rule for this.

Errors

None.

Example

Program Example17;

{ Program to demonstrate the hypot function. }

Uses math;

begin
  Writeln(hypot(3,4)); // should be 5
end.