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Re: why use pow(x, 2)?
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Re: why use pow(x, 2)?


  • Subject: Re: why use pow(x, 2)?
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:07:25 -0800


On Nov 2, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Chunk 1978 wrote:

why use this:

float dist = pow(red - r, 2) + pow(green - g, 2) + pow(blue - b, 2);

instead of:

float dist = ((red - r) * 2) + ((green - g) * 2) + ((blue - b) * 2);

Um, "*" is multiplication, not exponentiation. Maybe you're thinking of the "**" operator found in some languages, though not in C :)


—Jens_______________________________________________

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