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Mag
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><u>Distance</u> <b>= Mag (</b> <u>X</u> AS Float <b>,</b> <u>Y</u> AS Float <b>)</b></pre><p>

This function returns <tt><a href="sqr+en">Sqr</a>((<u>X</u> ^ 2)+(<u>Y</u> ^ 2))</tt>.
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This is the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle with sides of length <u>X</u> and <u>Y</u>,  or  the distance of the point (<u>X</u>,<u>Y</u>) from the origin.
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This is the same function as <a href="hyp+en">Hyp</a>.
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To convert rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates, use this function to get the distance and <a href="ang+en">Ang</a> to get the angle.
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT Mag(1, 1)
<hr>1.414213562373</pre>
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<div class="gray"><font size="-2"><b>Example</b></font></div>
<pre class="example">PRINT Mag(3, 4)
<hr>5</pre>
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/trigo+en">Trigonometric Functions</a>&nbsp; <a href="ang+en">Ang</a>&nbsp;

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