Distance Expression Query

[foible50]

I recently saw an example of someone having used the distance expression to isolate a point on a separate geometry which shared the same position.  They used it in the following expression:

 

if(distance($TX, $TY, $TZ, point("../each1", 0, "P", 0), point("../each1", 0, "P", 1), point("../each1", 0, "P", 2)) == 0,1,0)

 

When the delete node was put to 'delete non-selected' it seemed to have the desired effect of deleting all the points from the incoming geometry, except the one sharing the precise location as point 0 from the 'each1' node.  What I can't make sense of is why the distance is 0, 1, 0 and not 0, 0, 0, as I would've thought that there should be no distance between them.  I hope I've explained this clearly enough to make it make some sense - I've included a hip file beneath - but if anyone could give me an answer then I'd be really grateful as I've been puzzling over it for weeks!

 

Many thanks

 

Toby

distanceExpressionMystery.hipnc

[merlino]

I think it's just about the if statement:

if(condition, do this if True, do this if False) so

if(distance is equal to 0, set to 1, otherwise set to 0)

actually condition = distance($TX, $TY, $TZ, point("../each1", 0, "P", 0), point("../each1", 0, "P", 1), point("../each1", 0, "P", 2)) == 0

if(distance($TX, $TY, $TZ, point("../each1", 0, "P", 0), point("../each1", 0, "P", 1), point("../each1", 0, "P", 2)) == 0,1,)

I suppose isn't necessary the "if" statement, it should works putting the condition itself and the answer will be 1 for True and 0 for False, but I may be wrong

[foible50]

Thank you so much for answering this and so thoroughly - it seems obvious now you say it, I just got confused by the format and it was driving me crazy feeling like I couldn't work it out.  Many, many thanks!

[f1480187]

You also can split long expressions to make it more readable.

{
    float x = point("../each1", 0, "P", 0);
    float y = point("../each1", 0, "P", 1);
    float z = point("../each1", 0, "P", 2);
    return distance($TX, $TY, $TZ, x, y, z) == 0;
}

Some reference on HScript Expressions syntax.