Class: DouglasPeucker::OrthogonalDistance

Inherits:

Struct

• Object
• Struct
• DouglasPeucker::OrthogonalDistance

Defined in:

lib/douglas_peucker/orthogonal_distance.rb

Overview

From mathworld.wolfram.com/Point-LineDistance2-Dimensional.html

Instance Attribute Summary

• #line ⇒ Object

  Returns the value of attribute line.

• #point ⇒ Object

  Returns the value of attribute point.

Instance Method Summary

• #distance ⇒ Object

Instance Attribute Details

#line ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute line

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the current value of line

# File 'lib/douglas_peucker/orthogonal_distance.rb', line 3

def line
  @line
end

#point ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute point

Returns:

• (Object) —

  the current value of point

# File 'lib/douglas_peucker/orthogonal_distance.rb', line 3

def point
  @point
end

Instance Method Details

#distance ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/douglas_peucker/orthogonal_distance.rb', line 4

def distance
  numerator.abs/denominator**0.5
end