/** * PointsDistance computes the distance between two points in the two dimensional plane. * * @author (Andrew Samuels) * @version (02-04-2010) */ //import Scanner from library import java.util.Scanner; public class PointsDistance { public static void main(String[] args) { //create distance formula variables double x1; double y1; double x2; double y2; double distanceBetweenPoints; //Create Scanner Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); //capture x1 from user System.out.print("Please enter x coordinate of first point: "); x1 = keyboard.nextDouble(); //capture y1 from user System.out.print("Please enter y coordinate of first point: "); y1 = keyboard.nextDouble(); //capture x2 from user System.out.print("Please enter x coordinate of second point: "); x2 = keyboard.nextDouble(); //capture y2 from user System.out.print("Please enter y coordinate of second point: "); y2 = keyboard.nextDouble(); //calculate distance between points using distance forumula distanceBetweenPoints = Math.sqrt((x1-x2)*(x1-x2)+(y1-y2)*(y1-y2)); //print distance between the points System.out.println("Distance between (" + x1 + ", " + y1 + ") and (" + x2 + ", " + y2 +") is: " + distanceBetweenPoints); } }
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