Astrolabe/API GetDistanceToIcon
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Astrolabe ยป Astrolabe/API GetDistanceToIcon
Returns the distance to the specified icon, as last calculated by the positioning system.
dist, xDelta, yDelta = Astrolabe:GetDistanceToIcon( icon )
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Arguments
- icon
- UI Widget - the icon for which the information is to be retrieved for
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Returns
- dist
- Number - the absolute distance between the icon and the player in game yards
- xDelta
- Number - the East/West distance from the player to the icon in game yards
- yDelta
- Number - the North/South distance from the player to the icon in game yards
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Details
This function is meant to be a quick way to retrieve the approximate distance to an icon, on the assumption that the last numbers used by the update system should be "good enough" in most cases.
This funciton will return nil for all arguments if the specified icon is not currently in the positioning buffer.
