Distance Function

Calculates the distance between two points


Description

The function \(Distance\) calculates the distance between two points in the coordinate system. The endpoints of the distance are defined with their X / Y coordinates or two objects of class \(Point\).


Syntax

Distance (x1, y1, x2, y2)

Distance (Point(x, y), Point(x, y))

Example

Distance(Point(1,5),Point(4,8))= 4.24

Use of class Point

By using the \(Point \) objects, the distance can also be calculated with arguments other than \(x / y \). The class \(Point \) contains its own methods for calculating the properties.

Example

Suppose only the x-coordinates are known. \(y \) is unknown, but the angles from the 0 point can be determined

For Point a we determine an angle to the x-axis of 78.69° and for Point b 63.43°

In the initialization of \(Point \) a command string must be inserted to tell that the arguments are the position \(x \) and the angle \(alpha \).

Distance(Point("x,α",1,78.69),Point("x,α",4,63.43))= 4.24