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distance 1.0

distance agent

Turtle CommandPatch Command

Reports the distance from this agent to the given turtle or patch.

The distance to or a from a patch is measured from the center of the patch. Turtles and patches use the wrapped distance (around the edges of the world) if wrapping is allowed by the topology and the wrapped distance is shorter.

ask turtles [ show max-one-of turtles [distance myself] ]
;; each turtle prints the turtle farthest from itself

Take me to the full NetLogo Dictionary.

NetLogo Dictionary: display

Documentation for the display primitive.

NetLogo 3D Dictionary: distance-3d

Documentation for the distance-3d primitive.


NetLogo is a programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena. It was authored by Uri Wilensky in 1999 and has been in continuous development ever since at the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling.

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