ID : 3921

Dist

Function

To return a distance between 2 points.

Syntax

Dist(position 1, position 2)

Guaranteed Entry

Position 1: Designate position type, homogeneous translation type and vector type data.
Position 2: Designate position type, homogeneous translation type and vector type data.

Return Value

Return a distance between 2 points by double precision real number type data.

Description

A distance between 2 points is returned by double precision real number type data.

Related Terms

Magnitude, Dot, Cross

Attention

Example

'!TITLE "Measuring Distance between 2 Points"
' Measure the distance from the current position to a position 10 away from the current position in
 Y axis direction
Sub Sample_Dist

  Dim aaa As Single
  Dim bbb As Position
  Dim ccc As Position

  bbb = CurPos
  ccc = Dev( bbb, P( 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0 ) )

  ' Assign the distance between bbb and ccc
  aaa = Dist( bbb, ccc )

  ' Display the distance between 2 points on the message output window
  PrintDbg aaa

End Sub

ID : 3921

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