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  27 point_distance_to_line - shortest distance from a point to a line</td></table>
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  35 <pre><b>#include &lt;matvec.h&gt;
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  37 float point_distance_to_line (const float *point, const float *line_point, const float *line_vector);
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  46 Given a <b>point</b> and a line, expressed as
  47 <b>line_point</b> and parallel <b>line_vector</b>, compute
  48 the shortest distance from the point to the
  49 line.</td></table>
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  57 Richard Jones &lt;rich@annexia.org&gt;</td></table>
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  73 c2lib-1.2.13</td></table>
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  81 <b>point_distance_to_plane(3)</b>,
  82 <b>point_distance_to_face(3)</b>,
  83 <b>point_distance_to_line_segment(3)</b>.</td></table>
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