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n-dimensional Euclidean Distance
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| def euclidean_distance(p, q): | |
| """ Calculate distance between 2 points in n-dimensional space | |
| >>> euclidean_distance((3, 0), (0, 4)) | |
| 5.0 | |
| """ | |
| n = len(p) # dimensions | |
| return sum([(p[i] - q[i]) ** 2 for i in xrange(n)]) ** 0.5 |
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