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| Name |
mag() |
| Examples |
 float x1 = 20;
float x2 = 80;
float y1 = 30;
float y2 = 70;
line(0, 0, x1, y1);
println(mag(x1, y1)); // Prints 36.05551
line(0, 0, x2, y1);
println(mag(x2, y1)); // Prints 85.44004
line(0, 0, x1, y2);
println(mag(x1, y2)); // Prints 72.8011
line(0, 0, x2, y2);
println(mag(x2, y2)); // Prints 106.30146 |
| Description |
Calculates the magnitude (or length) of a vector. A vector is a direction in space commonly used in computer graphics and linear algebra. Because it has no "start" position, the magnitude of a vector can be thought of as the distance from coordinate (0,0) to its (x,y) value. Therefore, mag() is a shortcut for writing "dist(0, 0, x, y)". |
| Syntax |
mag(a, b)
mag(a, b, c) |
| Parameters |
| a |
float or int: first value |
| b |
float or int: second value |
| c |
float or int: third value |
|
| Returns |
float |
| Usage |
Web & Application |
| Related |
dist()
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Updated on June 14, 2010 12:05:29pm EDT
