hypot

Square root of sum of squares

Syntax

• C = hypot(A, B)

Input argument

• A - a variable: scalars, vectors, matrices, multidimensional arrays single or double

• B - a variable: scalars, vectors, matrices, multidimensional arrays single or double

Output argument

• R - result of hypot: hypothenuse.

Description

hypot computes the hypothenuse.

If one or both inputs is NaN, then hypot returns NaN.

Example

R = hypot(1e308, 1e308)
R = hypot(1e309, 1e309)

See also

abs, sqrt.

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET