# General

> General purpose functions, among them the euclidean length computes the distance of a vector by taking the square root of the sum of its squared components. This method is often used to quantify the magnitude of multi-dimensional data points, such as attributes in event streams.

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[euclidean](https://docs.fractalworks.io/joule/components/analytics/analytic-tools/analytic-functions/stateless/general/euclidean)
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