---
name: "slapy3.f"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "lapack-doc"
version: "3.12.1-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/slapy3.f"
---

# slapy3.f(3)

## NAME

SRC/slapy3.f

## SYNOPSIS

### Functions/Subroutines

real function **slapy3** (x, y, z)\
 **SLAPY3** returns sqrt(x2+y2+z2).

## Function/Subroutine Documentation

### real function slapy3 (real x, real y, real z)

**SLAPY3** returns sqrt(x2+y2+z2).

**Purpose:**

```
!>
!> SLAPY3 returns sqrt(x**2+y**2+z**2), taking care not to cause
!> unnecessary overflow and unnecessary underflow.
!>
```

**Parameters**

*X*

```
!>          X is REAL
!>
```

*Y*

```
!>          Y is REAL
!>
```

*Z*

```
!>          Z is REAL
!>          X, Y and Z specify the values x, y and z.
!>
```

**Author**

Univ. of Tennessee

Univ. of California Berkeley

Univ. of Colorado Denver

NAG Ltd.

Definition at line **67** of file **slapy3.f**.

## Author

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