Why would Cesium.Cartesian3.distance() be returning a NaN?

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1. A concise explanation of the problem you’re experiencing.

Trying to compute the distance between two Cartesian3 points using Cesium.Cartesian3.distance() but returning NaN

2. A minimal code example. If you’ve found a bug, this helps us reproduce and repair it.

Sandcastle.addToolbarButton(‘Calculate Distance’, function() {

    clickPositions = removeDup(clickPositions); // Removes any duplicate values in the clickPositions array

    // Adds an if loop to check there are only two points in the array
    if (clickPositions.length = 2) {

        var distance = (new Cesium.Cartesian3.fromArray(clickPositions[0]), new Cesium.Cartesian3.fromArray(clickPositions[1]));
        console.log("Distance: " + distance);
        confirm("First point is: " + clickPositions[0] +
            "\nSecond Point is: " + clickPositions[1] +
            "\nDistance: " + distance);
    } else {
        confirm("You have clicked on more than two points");
    }
});



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3. Context. Why do you need to do this? We might know a better way to accomplish your goal.

Trying to measure the distance between two points, in order to measure the height of a building for example.

4. The Cesium version you’re using, your operating system and browser.

Cesium ver: 1.34, OS: MacOS Sierra, Browser: Chrome

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

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Hi Chris,

In the code sample you’ve supplied, you are not actually using the function. Here’s the documentation if needed: https://cesiumjs.org/Cesium/Build/Documentation/Cartesian3.html#.distance

Thanks,

Gabby