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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # hypot 22 23 > Compute the [hypotenuse][hypotenuse]. 24 25 <!-- Section to include introductory text. Make sure to keep an empty line after the intro `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 26 27 <section class="intro"> 28 29 </section> 30 31 <!-- /.intro --> 32 33 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 34 35 <section class="usage"> 36 37 ## Usage 38 39 ```javascript 40 var hypot = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/fast/hypot' ); 41 ``` 42 43 #### hypot( x, y ) 44 45 Computes the [hypotenuse][hypotenuse]. 46 47 ```javascript 48 var h = hypot( -5.0, 12.0 ); 49 // returns 13.0 50 ``` 51 52 </section> 53 54 <!-- /.usage --> 55 56 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 57 58 <section class="notes"> 59 60 ## Notes 61 62 - For a sufficiently large `x` and/or `y`, computing the hypotenuse will overflow. 63 64 ```javascript 65 var h = hypot( 1.0e154, 1.0e154 ); 66 // returns Infinity 67 ``` 68 69 Similarly, for sufficiently small `x` and/or `y`, computing the hypotenuse will underflow. 70 71 ```javascript 72 var h = hypot( 1e-200, 1.0e-200 ); 73 // returns 0.0 74 ``` 75 76 </section> 77 78 <!-- /.notes --> 79 80 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 81 82 <section class="examples"> 83 84 ## Examples 85 86 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 87 88 ```javascript 89 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 90 var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' ); 91 var hypot = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/fast/hypot' ); 92 93 var x; 94 var y; 95 var h; 96 var i; 97 98 for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) { 99 x = round( randu()*100.0 ) - 50.0; 100 y = round( randu()*100.0 ) - 50.0; 101 h = hypot( x, y ); 102 console.log( 'hypot(%d,%d) = %d', x, y, h ); 103 } 104 ``` 105 106 </section> 107 108 <!-- /.examples --> 109 110 <!-- Section to include cited references. If references are included, add a horizontal rule *before* the section. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 111 112 <section class="references"> 113 114 </section> 115 116 <!-- /.references --> 117 118 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 119 120 <section class="links"> 121 122 [hypotenuse]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem 123 124 </section> 125 126 <!-- /.links -->