skspatial.objects.Line.distance_point

Line.distance_point(point: Union[ndarray, Sequence]) → float64

Return the distance from a point to the line.

This is the distance from the point to its projection on the line.

Parameters:

pointarray_like

Input point.

Returns:

np.float64

Distance from the point to the line.

Examples

>>> from skspatial.objects import Line

>>> line = Line([0, 0], [1, 0])
>>> line.distance_point([0, 0])
0.0
>>> line.distance_point([5, 0])
0.0
>>> line.distance_point([5, -5])
5.0

>>> line = Line([5, 2, -3], [3, 8, 2])
>>> line.distance_point([5, -5, 3]).round(3)
7.737