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VisualShaderNodeVectorDistance
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**Inherits:** :ref:`VisualShaderNodeVectorBase<class_VisualShaderNodeVectorBase>` **<** :ref:`VisualShaderNode<class_VisualShaderNode>` **<** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

Returns the distance between two points. To be used within the visual shader graph.

Description
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Calculates distance from point represented by vector ``p0`` to vector ``p1``.

Translated to ``distance(p0, p1)`` in the shader language.

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