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| Returns Euclidean distance between two 3D vectors or two 3D positions. |= Description
| Returns Euclidean distance between two 3D vectors or two 3D positions. |DESCRIPTION=
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| vector1 '''vectorDistance''' vector2 |= Syntax
| vector1 '''vectorDistance''' vector2 |SYNTAX=


|p1= vector1: [[Array]] in format [x,y,z] or [[Position3D]] |= Parameter 1
|p1= vector1: [[Array]] in format [x,y,z] or [[Position3D]] |PARAMETER1=


|p2= vector2: [[Array]] in format [x,y,z] or [[Position3D]] |= Parameter 2
|p2= vector2: [[Array]] in format [x,y,z] or [[Position3D]] |PARAMETER2=


| [[Number]] |= Return value
| [[Number]] |RETURNVALUE=
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|x1= <code>_euclideanDist = [[getPosASL]] [[player]] [[vectorDistance]] [0,0,0];</code> |= Example 1
|x1= <code>_euclideanDist = [[getPosASL]] [[player]] [[vectorDistance]] [0,0,0];</code> |EXAMPLE1=


|x2= <code>([[getPosASL]] _a) [[vectorDistance]] ([[getPosASL]] _b); /* same as */([[getPosATL]] _a) [[distance]] ([[getPosATL]] _b);</code> |= Example 1
|x2= <code>([[getPosASL]] _a) [[vectorDistance]] ([[getPosASL]] _b); /* same as */([[getPosATL]] _a) [[distance]] ([[getPosATL]] _b);</code> |EXAMPLE1=
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| [[vectorAdd]], [[vectorDiff]], [[vectorCrossProduct]], [[vectorDotProduct]], [[vectorCos]], [[vectorMagnitude]], [[vectorMagnitudeSqr]], [[vectorMultiply]], [[vectorDistanceSqr]], [[vectorDir]], [[vectorUp]], [[setVectorDir]], [[setVectorUp]], [[setVectorDirAndUp]], [[distance]], [[vectorNormalized]], [[vectorFromTo]], [[distance2D]] |= See also
| [[vectorAdd]], [[vectorDiff]], [[vectorCrossProduct]], [[vectorDotProduct]], [[vectorCos]], [[vectorMagnitude]], [[vectorMagnitudeSqr]], [[vectorMultiply]], [[vectorDistanceSqr]], [[vectorDir]], [[vectorUp]], [[setVectorDir]], [[setVectorUp]], [[setVectorDirAndUp]], [[distance]], [[vectorNormalized]], [[vectorFromTo]], [[distance2D]] |SEEALSO=


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Description

Description:
Returns Euclidean distance between two 3D vectors or two 3D positions.
Groups:
Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:
vector1 vectorDistance vector2
Parameters:
vector1: Array in format [x,y,z] or Position3D
vector2: Array in format [x,y,z] or Position3D
Return Value:
Number

Examples

Example 1:
_euclideanDist = getPosASL player vectorDistance [0,0,0];
Example 2:
(getPosASL _a) vectorDistance (getPosASL _b); /* same as */(getPosATL _a) distance (getPosATL _b);

Additional Information

See also:
vectorAddvectorDiffvectorCrossProductvectorDotProductvectorCosvectorMagnitudevectorMagnitudeSqrvectorMultiplyvectorDistanceSqrvectorDirvectorUpsetVectorDirsetVectorUpsetVectorDirAndUpdistancevectorNormalizedvectorFromTodistance2D

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 28 Jun, 2014
ffur2007slx2_5
(ArmA3 1.22)Algorithm: Vector1 = [x1,y1,z1]; Vector2 = [x2,y2,z2]; Result = sqrt ((x2 - x1) ^ 2 + (y2 - y1) ^ 2 + (z2 - z1) ^ 2);

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