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Function std.math.hypot

Calculates the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle with sides of length x and y. The hypotenuse is the value of the square root of the sums of the squares of x and y:

sqrt(x, 2 + y, 2)

Note that hypot(x, y), hypot(y, x) and hypot(x, -y) are equivalent.

x y hypot(x, y) invalid? x ±0.0 |x| no y +∞ no +∞ no

Prototype

real hypot(
  real x,
  real y
) pure nothrow @nogc @safe;

Authors

Walter Bright, Don Clugston, Conversion of CEPHES math library to D by Iain Buclaw

License

Boost License 1.0.

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