# bruteforce numfmt 4 0 x[] = [ 0.654682 0.409382 0.891663 0.716629 0.477721 0.925092 0.624291 0.211332 0.293786 0.839186 ] y[] = [ 0.925557 0.619391 0.888594 0.996200 0.946355 0.818220 0.142924 0.221507 0.691701 0.728260 ] n = len x[] min = 1 / 0 for i to n - 1 for j = i + 1 to n dx = x[i] - x[j] dy = y[i] - y[j] dsq = dx * dx + dy * dy if dsq < min min = dsq mini = i minj = j . . . print "distance between (" & x[mini] & " " & y[mini] & ") and (" & x[minj] & " " & y[minj] & ") is " & sqrt min