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1 2 {{alias}}( x, y ) 3 Computes the hypotenuse. 4 5 Parameters 6 ---------- 7 x: number 8 First number. 9 10 y: number 11 Second number. 12 13 Returns 14 ------- 15 out: number 16 Hypotenuse. 17 18 Examples 19 -------- 20 > var h = {{alias}}( -5.0, 12.0 ) 21 13.0 22 23 // For a sufficiently large `x` and/or `y`, the function overflows: 24 > h = {{alias}}( 1.0e154, 1.0e154 ) 25 Infinity 26 27 // For sufficiently small `x` and/or `y`, the function underflows: 28 > h = {{alias}}( 1e-200, 1.0e-200 ) 29 0.0 30 31 See Also 32 -------- 33