position:closest
List of: Scheme Extensions
Subjects: Analyzing Models, Mathematics
Contents: Kernel

Action: Gets the position from a list of positions that is closest to a given position.

Filename: kern/kern_scm/pos_scm.cxx

Syntax: (position:closest position position-list)

Arg Types: position position

position-list position | (position ... )

Returns: position


position specifies the location that all other positions are compared against.


position-list specifies the locations to compare against the given position.

Example: ; position:closest

; Determine the closest position in a list

; of positions to a given position.

(define pos1 (position:closest (position 30 30 30)


(list (position 10 10 0) (position 25 22 0))))

;; pos1
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