/// <summary>
/// Returns the distance that is appropriate for N dimensions. In otherwords, if this point is
/// three dimensional, then all three dimensions will be used for calculating the distance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="coordinate">The coordinate to compare to this coordinate</param>
/// <returns>A double valued distance measure that is invariant to the number of coordinates</returns>
/// <exception cref="CoordinateMismatchException">The number of dimensions does not match between the points.</exception>
public double HyperDistance(Coordinate coordinate)
{
if (coordinate.NumOrdinates != NumOrdinates)
{
throw new CoordinateMismatchException();
}
double sqrDist = 0;
double[] vals = coordinate.ToArray();
for (int i = 0; i < NumOrdinates; i++)
{
double diff = vals[i] - Coordinate[i];
sqrDist += diff * diff;
}
return(Math.Sqrt(sqrDist));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the distance that is appropriate for N dimensions. In otherwords, if this point is
/// three dimensional, then all three dimensions will be used for calculating the distance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="coordinate">The coordinate to compare to this coordinate</param>
/// <returns>A double valued distance measure that is invariant to the number of coordinates</returns>
/// <exception cref="CoordinateMismatchException">The number of dimensions does not match between the points.</exception>
public double HyperDistance(Coordinate coordinate)
{
if (coordinate.NumOrdinates != NumOrdinates)
{
throw new CoordinateMismatchException();
}
double[] vals = coordinate.ToArray();
double diff = vals[0] - Convert.ToDouble(_x);
double sqrDist = diff * diff;
diff = vals[1] - Convert.ToDouble(_y);
sqrDist += diff * diff;
diff = vals[2] - Convert.ToDouble(_z);
sqrDist += diff * diff;
return(Math.Sqrt(sqrDist));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates an array of ordinate values that is the size of NumDimensions. This
/// will not include an M value.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>An Array of double values, with one value for each ordinate.</returns>
public double[] ToArray()
{
return(Coordinate.ToArray());
}
