HYPOT(III)                   6/12/72                   HYPOT(III)







NAME

     hypot - calculate hypotenuse



SYNOPSIS

     jsr     r5,hypot



DESCRIPTION

     The square root of fr0*fr0 + fr1*fr1  is  returned  in  fr0.

     The calculation is done in such a way that overflow will not

     occur unless the answer is  not  representable  in  floating

     point.



DIAGNOSTICS

     The c-bit is set if the result cannot be represented.



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