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# Syntax to say "Withing x units from?"

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Is there an easy way, in C++, to say "if player A is within x units from player B"? Or do you have to just do all the math? The reason I ask is because when I move my players, and they get to their destination, sometimes its not the exact same place(off a .5 unit or something), so they bounce back and forth trying to get to it. But if I say, destinationx is within 1 unit of playerx, then its ok..... Jeff

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There is no such predefined syntax in C++.

The real power of C++ is to let you, the programmer, create your own "syntax" (actually, objects and functions) for operations that you need to do on a regular basis.

So, the syntax would be:

if (Distance(A,B) < x) {  // It's within x units} else {  // It's not}

Just write a function Distance which returns the distance between two players.

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You'll have to do the math. (And then hopefully stick it in a function of your own.) C++ has no notion of players or distance between them. After all, what kind of distance would it use? Euclidean? Manhattan? Minkowski?

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bool at_destination( Player p1, Player p2 ) {  return distance( p1.position, p2.position ) &lt; x;}

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Thats the formula to calculate the distance (P.Theorem )
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pseudo code:
(X1 - X2 ) + (Y1 - Y2 )//dont use pow() ...it will slow down your game ;/return  sqrt (xResult*xResult + yResult * yResult)

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