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[r163] Expression distance wrong

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  • Problem Description

    Unless the distance expression shouldn't give back the distance between two points, I think this expressions result ist wrong. 

    round(distance(Pos1.X, Pos2.X, Pos1.Y,Pos2.Y))[/code:1y391j78]

[u]compared to[/u]

[code:1y391j78]round(sqrt(abs(Pos1.X - Pos2.X)^2 + abs(Pos1.Y - Pos2.Y)^2))[/code:1y391j78]

This - IMHO correct way to calculate the distance - gives a very different result using the distance expression.
  
[b]Operating System and Service Pack[/b]
Win7 SVP3
    
[b]Construct 2 Version ID[/b]
163

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  • Not a bug.

    The correct way to use the distance function is:

    distance(Pos1.X, Pos1.Y, Pos2.X, Pos2.Y)[/code:1czenn2n]
Notice the x,y pairs are next to each other.

It's exactly the same as:
[code:1czenn2n]sqrt((Pos2.X - Pos1.X)^2 + (Pos2.Y - Pos1.Y)^2)[/code:1czenn2n]
or
[code:1czenn2n]sqrt((Pos1.X - Pos2.X)^2 + (Pos1.Y - Pos2.Y)^2)[/code:1czenn2n]

The abs() isn't needed since any number squared is always positive.

  • Ahh, my bad, sorry, sorry, sorry -> ashamed in the leftmost corner.... (the eyes, old eyes, small screen, high resolution )

    Thanks R0J0hound. I'll try to delete or let this thread delete.

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