[Solved] How do i know number of cells between two points in array?

Question

For a point p(i,j), it’s position in a matrix is equal to i*width+j where width is the width of the matrix. Hence the number of cells between two elemets is abs((i1*width+j1) - (i2*width+j2)).

Accepted Answer

For a point p(i,j), it’s position in a matrix is equal to i*width+j where width is the width of the matrix. Hence the number of cells between two elemets is abs((i1*width+j1) - (i2*width+j2)).