Python math.dist() – Distance between Two Points

Python math.dist()

math.dist(p, q) function returns the distance between the points p and q.

The points: p and q; must be a sequence or iterable of coordinates with same dimension.

Syntax

The syntax to call dist() function is

math.dist(p, q)

where

Examples

In the following example, we find the distance between the points p(2, 3) and q(7, 6) using dist() function.

import math

p = (2, 3)
q = (7, 6)
result = math.dist(p, q)
print('dist(p, q) :', result)

Output

dist(p, q) : 5.8309518948453

We have taken points in 2-dimensional coordinate system and found the distance between two points. Similarly, we can take points in N-dimensional coordinate system and find the distance between them using dis() function.

In the following program, we find the distance between the points: p(1, 1, 1, 1) and q(3, 5, 5, 6), where the points are in 4-dimensional coordinate system.

import math

p = (1, 1, 1, 1)
q = (3, 5, 5, 6)
result = math.dist(p, q)
print('dist(p, q) :', result)

Output

dist(p, q) : 7.810249675906656

Summary

In this Python Examples tutorial, we learned the syntax of, and examples for math.dist() function.