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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+double poly_perim(unsigned ndims, double *xcoords, double *ycoords)
+{
+ double retval = 0;
+
+ for (unsigned i = 0; i < ndims; i++) {
+ double left = xcoords[(i + 1) % ndims] - xcoords[i];
+ double right = ycoords[(i + 1) % ndims] - ycoords[i];
+
+ retval += sqrt(left * left + right * right);
+ }
+
+ return retval;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ printf("Perimiter: %f\n", poly_perim(3,
+ (double []){1, 1, 4},
+ (double []){2, 5, 5}));
+
+ return 0;
+}