{"name":"vectorDotProduct","operator":null,"title":"vectorDotProduct","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorDotProduct","revid":373021,"updated":"2025-03-18T15:32:41Z","groups":["Math - Vectors"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.22"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.22"},"arma3_since":"1.22","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Dot product of two 3D vectors.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> **Since Arma 3 v2.14:** Since Arma 3 v2.14 any count of numbers is valid, but both arrays must be same length.\n>\n> Before Arma 3 v2.14, the first argument had to be vector 3D, or Arma 3 v2.00 2D (With z coordinate defaulted to 0)","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vector1 vectorDotProduct vector2","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vector1","type":"Array of Numbers","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Array","Number"],"since":null,"text":"vector1: Array of Numbers"},{"name":"vector2","type":"Array of Numbers","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Array","Number"],"since":null,"text":"vector2: Array of Numbers"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":null,"text":"Number"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"vector1","types":["Array","Number"]},"right":{"text":"vector2","types":["Array","Number"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_dot = [1,0,1] vectorDotProduct [0,0,2];\n```","code":["_dot = [1,0,1] vectorDotProduct [0,0,2];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["vectorAdd","vectorDiff","vectorCrossProduct","vectorCos","vectorMagnitude","vectorMagnitudeSqr","vectorMultiply","vectorDistance","vectorDistanceSqr","vectorDir","vectorUp","setVectorDir","setVectorUp","setVectorDirAndUp","vectorNormalized","vectorFromTo","matrixMultiply","matrixTranspose"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Math - Vectors","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.22","Scripting Commands"]}