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Class | PVector
Name | ### mag()
Examples |
    PVector v;

    void setup() {
      size(100, 100);
      v = new PVector(20.0, 30.0, 40.0);
      float m = v.mag();
      println(m);  // Prints "53.851646"
    }
Description | Calculates the magnitude (length) of the vector and returns the result as a float (this is simply the equation sqrt(x*x + y*y + z*z).)
Syntax |
    .mag()
Returns | float
Related | magSq()

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:03pm PDT