Calculates the distance between two points in any number of dimensions.

const euclideanDistance = (a, b) =>
 Math.hypot(...Object.keys(a).map(k => b[k] - a[k]));

euclideanDistance([1, 1], [2, 3]); // ~2.2361
euclideanDistance([1, 1, 1], [2, 3, 2]); // ~2.4495

Calculates the distance between two points in any number of dimensions.
<ul>
<li>Use <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/keys" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code class="notranslate">Object.keys()</code></a> and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code class="notranslate">Array.prototype.map()</code></a> to map each coordinate to its difference between the two points.</li>
<li>Use <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Math/hypot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code class="notranslate">Math.hypot()</code></a> to calculate the Euclidean distance between the two points.</li>
</ul>

Euclidean distance

Written by Angelos Chalaris

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