diff --git a/snippets/vectorDistance.md b/snippets/vectorDistance.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..90457925a --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/vectorDistance.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +### VectorDistance + +Returns the distance between two vectors. + +Use `Array.prototype.reduce()`,`Math.pow()` and `Math.sqrt()` to calculate the Euclidean distance between two vectors. + +```js +const vectorDistance = (...coords) => { + let pointLength = Math.trunc(coords.length/2); + let sum = coords.slice(0,pointLength).reduce((accumulator,currentValue,currentIndex) => accumulator + (Math.pow(currentValue-coords[pointLength+currentIndex],2)),0); + return Math.sqrt(sum); +} +``` + +```js +vectorDistance(10,0,5,20,0,10) //11.180339887498949 +```