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    Hypot

    Return hypotenuse of triangle.

    Declaration

    Source position: math.pp line 681

    function Hypot(x: Float; y: Float) : Float;

    Description

    Hypot returns the hypotenuse of the triangle where the sides adjacent to the square angle have lengths x and 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.