Calculates the Euclidean distance between two vectors

euclidean_distance_python

def euclidean_distance(coordenates):
    '''
        Calculates the Euclidean distance between two vectors

        coordenates:
        {
            'target': {
                'x':current_x,
                'y':current_y
            },
            'evaluate':{
                'x':next_x,
                'y':next_y
            }
        }
    '''
    target = coordenates['target']
    evaluate = coordenates['evaluate']

    a = [evaluate['x'], evaluate['y']]
    b = [target['x'], target['y']]

    distance = math.sqrt(sum([(xi-yi)**2 for xi, yi in zip(a, b)]))

    return distance