well simply i am coding an animation using netbeans but i wish to calculate the distance between my animation and the landing strip. i am using two labels in the animation, one is a rocket which you can direct and the other is a landing strip. How am i able to calculate the distance between the two? Thank :)
odiejodie 0 Newbie Poster
Momerath 1,327 Nearly a Senior Poster Featured Poster
Use the location method of the label to get the, well, location. Then use the standard distance formula to calculate the distance (Square root of ((x1-x2)^2 + (y1-y2)^2)).
JamesCherrill 4,733 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
Get their positions and use Pythagorus' theorem.
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