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<th scope="row">Class</th>

<td>PVector</td>

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<th scope="row">Name</th>

<td><h3>dist()</h3></td>

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<th scope="row">Examples</th>

<td><div class="example"><pre class="">PVector v1 = new PVector(10, 20, 0);

PVector v2 = new PVector(60, 80, 0);

float d = v1.dist(v2);

println(d); // Prints "78.10249"</pre>

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<pre>PVector v1 = new PVector(10, 20, 0);

PVector v2 = new PVector(60, 80, 0);

float d = PVector.dist(v1, v2);

println(d); // Prints "78.10249"</pre></div></td>

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<th scope="row">Description</th>

<td><p> Calculates the Euclidean distance between two points (considering a point as a vector object).</p></td>

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<th scope="row">Syntax</th>

<td><pre><kbd>vec</kbd>.dist(<kbd>v</kbd>)</pre><br />

<pre><kbd>PVector</kbd>.dist(<kbd>v1</kbd>,<kbd>v2</kbd>)</pre><br /></td>

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<th scope="row">vec</th>

<td>any variable of type PVector</td>

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<th scope="row">v</th>

<td>PVector: the x, y, and z coordinates of a PVector object</td>

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<th scope="row">v1</th>

<td>PVector: the x, y, and z components from a PVector object</td>

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<th scope="row">v2</th>

<td>PVector: the x, y, and z components from a PVector object</td>

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<th scope="row">Returns</th>

<td>float</td>

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<th scope="row">Usage</th>

<td>Web & Application</td>

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