# Calculating Distance Between 2 Chars

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculating-distance-between-2-chars/190376>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [June 11, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculating-distance-between-2-chars/190376 "2006-06-11T05:11:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![nico173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@nico173](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nico173)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calculating-distance-between-2-chars/190376/1 "2006-06-11T05:11:31Z")

</div>

How would I go on about to calculate the distance of 2 characters. Calculating only the \_x-axis between the two. And how would I go on to make a certain action if a certain distance between the two is reached?

Thanks in advance.