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Distance from the point A to point B.
Created: 2005.08.20

//+ Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
//@ http://jsfromhell.com/math/line-length [rev. #1]

lineLength = function(x, y, x0, y0){
    return Math.sqrt((x -= x0) * x + (y -= y0) * y);
};

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[

alert(lineLength(0, 0, 10, 10));

//]]>
</script>

lineLength(x0: Integer, y0: Integer, x1: Integer, y1: Integer): Double

Returns the distance from a point A to a point B.

x0

x coord of the line's A point

y0

y coord of the line's A point

x1

x coord of the line's B point

y1

y coord of the line's B point

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