coords.Coords.distance_to_line

Coords.distance_to_line(p, n)

Returns the distance of all points to the line (p,n).

Parameters

p: float array_like with shape (3,) or (1,3)

Coordinates of some point on the line.

n: float array_like with shape (3,) or (1,3)

Vector specifying the direction of the line.

Returns

float array

Array with shape points_shape() holding the distance of each point to the line through p and having direction n. All values are positive or zero.

Examples

>>> X = Coords([[0.,0.,0.],[2.,0.,0.],[1.,3.,0.],[-1.,0.,0.]])
>>> print(X.distance_to_line([0.,0.,0.],[1.,1.,0.]))
[0.     1.4142 1.4142 0.7071]