Perimeter of a polygon

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26.13.7 Perimeter of a polygon

See also arcLen, Section 13.3.8.

The perimeter command finds the length of a circle, circular arc or polygon.

perimeter takes C, a circle, circular arc or a polygon.
perimeter(C) returns the perimeter of the object.

Examples

perimeter(circle(0,1))

2 π

perimeter(circle(0,1,pi/4,pi))

3

4

π

perimeter(arc(0,pi/4,pi))

1

8

π ²

perimeter(triangle(0,1,i))

√

2

+2

perimeter(square(0,2))

8

The perimeter command has perimeterat and perimeteratraw versions (see Section 26.13.1).

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