{"name":"vectorMagnitude","operator":null,"title":"vectorMagnitude","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorMagnitude","revid":373022,"updated":"2025-03-18T15:33:55Z","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":"Magnitude of a 3D vector.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> **Since Arma 3 v2.14:** Since Arma 3 v2.14 any count of numbers is valid.\n>\n> Before Arma 3 v2.14, the argument had to be vector 3D, or Arma 3 v2.00 2D (With z coordinate defaulted to 0)","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vectorMagnitude vector","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vector","type":"Array of Numbers","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Array","Number"],"since":null,"text":"vector: Array of Numbers"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":null,"text":"Number"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"vector","types":["Array","Number"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_size = vectorMagnitude [0,3,4]; // returns 5\n```","code":["_size = vectorMagnitude [0,3,4]; // returns 5"]},{"text":"```sqf\n_speed = vectorMagnitude velocity player;                // return velocity of player in m/s\n_speed = (vectorMagnitude velocity player) * 3.6;        // return velocity of player in km/h\n_speed = (vectorMagnitude velocity player) * 2.23694;    // return velocity of player in mph\n```","code":["_speed = vectorMagnitude velocity player;\t\t\t\t// return velocity of player in m/s\n_speed = (vectorMagnitude velocity player) * 3.6;\t\t// return velocity of player in km/h\n_speed = (vectorMagnitude velocity player) * 2.23694;\t// return velocity of player in mph"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["vectorAdd","vectorDiff","vectorCrossProduct","vectorDotProduct","vectorCos","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"]}