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What does &quot;within the end points&quot; mean?<br />
Is it a region bounded by lines through (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) perpendicular to the line between (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?
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What does "within the end points" mean?
Is it a region bounded by lines through (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) perpendicular to the line between (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)?

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On a drawing, they are texts written next to lines at a defined distance.
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On a drawing, they are texts written next to lines at a defined distance.

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There is a formula for the distance from a point to a line (not a line segment).<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_from_a_point_to_a_line" rel="ugc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_from_a_point_to_a_line</a><br />
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You would have to convert your line segment into the &nbsp; <b>ax + by + c = 0</b> form.
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There is a formula for the distance from a point to a line (not a line segment).

       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_from_a_point_to_a_line [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance_from_a_point_to_a_line]

You would have to convert your line segment into the   ax + by + c = 0 form.

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Great, thanks. Working perfectly.
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Given a point (x,y)<br />
and a line defined by (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)<br />
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what is the distance between the point and the line? and<br />
what is the check whether the point lies within the end points?<br />
All in terms of x's and y's for plugging in a computer program.
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Given a point (x,y)
and a line defined by (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)

what is the distance between the point and the line? and
what is the check whether the point lies within the end points?
All in terms of x's and y's for plugging in a computer program.

Position of a point with respect to a line

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