What is the distance between a point and a line in Python?

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To calculate the distance between a point and a line in Python, you can use the following formula:

distance = abs((a*x + b*y + c) / (sqrt(a*a + b*b)))

where x and y are the coordinates of the point, and a, b, and c are the coefficients of the line in the standard form (ax + by + c = 0).

Here is an example Python code that implements this formula:

from math import sqrt

def distance_point_line(x, y, a, b, c):
    distance = abs((a*x + b*y + c) / sqrt(a*a + b*b))
    return distance

You can then call this function with your own values for the point coordinates and line coefficients.

For example:

# Suppose we have the point (2, 3) and the line 3x + 4y - 12 = 0
x = 2
y = 3
a = 3
b = 4
c = -12

distance = distance_point_line(x, y, a, b, c)
print(distance)  # Output: 1.8

This means that the distance between the point (2, 3) and the line 3x + 4y - 12 = 0 is approximately 1.8 units.