hypot.asm

pt_a  dd  200, 300
pt_b  dd  550, 350

main:
mov eax, dword pt_a   ; this moves addy of pt_a to eax
mov ebx, dword pt_b   ; this moves addy of pt_a to eax

; this gets me my delta x
sub ebx, [eax]
move [delta_x], ebx
xor ebx, ebx

; this moves array to the next set of points
inc eax
mov ebx, pt_b
inc ebx

; this gets me my delta y
sub ebx, eax
mov [delta_y], ebx

;this squares delta x, moves to hypot
mov eax, [delta_x]
mul eax
mov [hypot], eax

;this squares delta y, adds to hypot
mov eax, [delta_y]
mul eax
add eax, [hypot]

; now eax should have the a^2 + b^2
ret