slapy2(3lapack)

slapy23lapack

Returns sqrt(x**2+y**2), taking care not to cause unnecessary overflow

Usage

REAL FUNCTION

SLAPY2( X, Y )

REAL

X, Y

Purpose

SLAPY2 returns sqrt(x**2+y**2), taking care not to cause unnecessary overflow.

Arguments

X (input) REAL

Y (input) REAL X and Y specify the values x and y.

From liblapack-doc 3.2.1-8 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.