Distance between point and a line ?

How do I calculate the normal distance between a point and a line connecting two other defined points ? ex p = [0 0] and a line connecting

A = [1 -2]; B = [-1 -1];

[Jan]

Please use helpful tags only. There is no relation to ODE45, therefore I've removed these tags.

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Have you tried your favorite search engine? The first link that comes up for me, Wikipedia, has the answer.

Note that this has nothing to do with matlab, it's just (very basic) maths.

Answer 2

[ahmed]

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