From f42bd21939cb690e213ff387e0c8fededb19a758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: taxicomics <168220579+taxicomics@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 15:40:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Create quick_distance.lua

initial version
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 quick_distance.lua | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 quick_distance.lua

diff --git a/quick_distance.lua b/quick_distance.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43bcdfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quick_distance.lua
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+function quick_distance(x1,y1,x2,y2)
+return abs(x1-x2)+abs(y1-y2)
+end
+
+--a very basic manhatten distance function that works fast enough to be used a lot.