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GetPlayerDistanceFromPoint

Description

Calculate the distance between a player and a map coordinate.

Name	Description
playerid	The ID of the player to calculate the distance from.
Float:x	The X map coordinate.
Float:y	The Y map coordinate.
Float:z	The Z map coordinate.

Returns

The distance between the player and the point as a float.

Examples

/* when the player types '/vend' into the chat box, they'll see this.*/
public OnPlayerCommandText(playerid, cmdtext[])
{
    if (strcmp(cmdtext, "/vend", true) == 0)
    {
        new
            Float:distance = GetPlayerDistanceFromPoint(playerid, 237.9, 115.6, 1010.2),
            string[64];

        format(string, sizeof(string), "You're %0.2f meters away from the vending machine.", distance);
        SendClientMessage(playerid, 0xA9C4E4FF, string);
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

Related Functions

IsPlayerInRangeOfPoint: Check whether a player is in range of a point.
GetVehicleDistanceFromPoint: Get the distance between a vehicle and a point.
GetPlayerPos: Get a player's position.