🝖 Compare Nearest (Numeric)

PCGEx | Filter : Compare Nearest (Numeric)

The **Numeric Comparison Filter compares the arithmetic value of an attribute against the closest point from another dataset.**

Targets

Targets that will be checked for nearest match.

Filter

A single filter definition

Table of content

Properties
- Comparison modes

The Compare Nearest (Numeric) compares two attributes against each other; the second operand being a different attribute on another set of point, with comparison being based on distance.

Note that each value is converted to a double under the hood, so you can’t compare multi-component value with it.

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Properties

Property	Description
Operand A
Operand A	The first attribute of the comparison. This value is read on the targets.

Comparison
Comparison	How to compare A against B. See Numeric comparisons.

Operand B
Compare Against	Type of operand B. Can be a per-point `Attribute`, or an easily overridable `Constant`.
Operand B (Constant or Attribute)	Operand B, or second value to compare to the first.
Tolerance	Equality tolerance for near-value comparisons.

Comparison modes

Comparison	Data
==	Strictly equal.
!=	Strictly not equal.
>=	Equal or greater.
<=	Equal or smaller.
>	Strictly greater.
<	Strictly smaller.
~=	Nearly equal.
!~=	Nearly not equal.

Approximative comparison will reveal an additional parameter, dubbed Tolerance. This represents the size of acceptable approximation for the comparison to pass. For example, when checking if 0.5 ~= 0.4 with a tolerance of 0.1 will return true.

Large tolerances can be a great, cheap way to achieve results akin to a “within range” comparison!