Calculating Distances with MATLAB's For Statement

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The forum discussion centers on a MATLAB code snippet designed to calculate distances between a series of points defined by latitude and longitude. The starting coordinates are set at 3.682043 (latitude) and 101.523710 (longitude), with the destination coordinates at 2.227804 (latitude) and 103.35091 (longitude). The code utilizes nested for loops to iterate through potential points, but the validity of the custom 'distance' function remains in question, as it is not a standard MATLAB function.

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Hello Guys

Can you please tell me whether this code is correct or not??

this code use to calculate all distances from A to J points on the map ( has longitude and latitude ), the starting point coordinates ( Lat and Long ) is 3.682043 and 101.523710 and the destination is 2.227804 103.35091

for p1=3.682043:-0.5:2.227804
for p2=101.523710:0.5:103.735091


a5= 2.227804;
b5=103.35091;

[dDgree] = distance(p1,p2,a5,b5); %% this function used to find a distance between two coordinates

end
end
 

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I've never seen a "distance" function- did you write it yourself?
 

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