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| Name |
dist() |
| Examples |
// 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);
}
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| Description |
Calculates the distance between two points.
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| Syntax | dist(x1, y1, x2, y2)
dist(x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2) |
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| Parameters |
| x1 |
float: x-coordinate of the first point |
| y1 |
float: y-coordinate of the first point |
| z1 |
float: z-coordinate of the first point |
| x2 |
float: x-coordinate of the second point |
| y2 |
float: y-coordinate of the second point |
| z2 |
float: z-coordinate of the second point |
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| Returns | float |
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Updated on January 21, 2019 10:05:10am EST
