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

Action: Gets the distance between two positions.

Filename: kern/kern_scm/pos_scm.cxx

Syntax: (position:distance position1 {position2 | ray})

Arg Types: position1 position

position2 position

ray ray

Returns: real


position1 defines the start location.


position2 defines the end location.


ray defines the ray to calculate the distance.

Example: ; position:distance

; Determine the distance between two positions.

(define pos1 (position 20 20 0 "cylindrical"))

;; pos1

(position:distance pos1 (position 0 20 0))

;; 22.9430574540418
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