R: Hypotenuse Function

hypot {pracma} | R Documentation

## Hypotenuse Function

### Description

Square root of sum of squares

### Usage

    hypot(x, y)

### Arguments

`x, y` | Vectors of real or complex numbers of the same size

### Details

Element-by-element computation of the square root of the sum of squares of vectors resp. matrices `x` and `y`.

### Value

Returns a vector or matrix of the same size.

### Note

Returns `c()` if `x` or `y` is empty and the other one has length 1. In all other cases, `x` and `y` have to be of the same size.

### Examples

    hypot(3,4)
    hypot(c(0, 0), c(3, 4))

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