{"name":"distance2D","title":"distance2D","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/distance2D","revid":363614,"updated":"2024-04-08T11:45:05Z","groups":["Math - Geometry"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.50"},"since":"arma3 1.50","arma3_since":"1.50","locality":{"argument":"global"},"description":"Returns a 2D distance (distance projected to X,Y plane) in meters between Objects and/or Positions.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"from distance2D to","params":[{"name":"from","type":"Object, Position2D or Position3D","type_expr":"Object | Position2D | Position3D"},{"name":"to","type":"Object, Position2D or Position3D","type_expr":"Object | Position2D | Position3D"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","type_expr":"Number","description":"distance in meters or 1e10 if distance cannot be calculated"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"from"},"right":{"text":"to"}}],"examples":[{"code":["_meters = player distance2D heli;"]}],"see_also":["distance","distanceSqr","vectorDistance"]}