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Name
dist()
Description
Calculates the distance between twopoints.
Examples
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// Sets the background gray value based on the distance // of the mouse from the center of the screen void draw() { noStroke(); float d = dist(width/2, height/2, mouseX, mouseY); float maxDist = dist(0, 0, width/2, height/2); float gray = map(d, 0, maxDist, 0, 255); fill(gray); rect(0, 0, width, height); }
Syntax
dist(x1, y1, x2, y2)dist(x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2)
Parameters
x1(float)x-coordinate of the firstpointy1(float)y-coordinate of the firstpointz1(float)z-coordinate of the firstpointx2(float)x-coordinate of the secondpointy2(float)y-coordinate of the secondpointz2(float)z-coordinate of the secondpoint
Return
float
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