Problem 51. Find the two most distant points

Given a collection of points, return the indices of the rows that contain the two points most distant from one another. The input vector p has two columns corresponding to the x and y coordinates of each point. Return ix, the (sorted) pair of indices pointing to the remotest rows. There will always be one unique such pair of points.

So if

 p = [0 0]
     [1 0]
     [2 2]
     [0 1]

Then

 ix = [1 3]

That is, the two points p(1,:) and p(3,:) are farthest apart.

Solution Stats

56.21% Correct | 43.79% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Mar 18, 2024

Problem Comments

Solution Comments

Show comments

Problem Recent Solvers2669

Suggested Problems

More from this Author96

Problem Tags

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!