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NAME
norm - calculate a norm of a value
SYNOPSIS
norm(x)
TYPES
If x is an object of type xx, the function xx_norm has to have been
defined; what this does will be determined by the definition.
For non-object x:
x number (real or complex)
return real
DESCRIPTION
For real x, norm(x) returns:
x^2.
For complex x, norm(x) returns:
re(x)^2 + im(x)^2.
EXAMPLE
> print norm(3.4), norm(-3.4), norm(3 + 4i), norm(4 - 5i)
11.56 11.56 25 41
LIMITS
none
LIBRARY
void normvalue(VALUE *x, VALUE *result)
SEE ALSO
cmp, epsilon, hypot, abs, near, obj