X distance

hi all

I am a bit of a newbie where lisp is involved, all i need to do is write the x distance between 2 points to a variable.

can anyone help?

(defun c:test ()
 (setq p1 (getpoint "Pick first point: ")
   p1x (car p1)
     p2x (car (getpoint "Pick second point: " p1))
   xdist (abs (- p1x p2x))
   )
(alert (strcat "The X distance between the two points is " (rtos xdist 2 2) "\nand is saved in the variable Xdist"))
(princ)
)

Or

(setq dist(getdist))

Excuse me. There isn't X distance.

(setq p1 (getpoint "\nPick 1st point."))

(setq p2 (getpoint "\nPick 2nd point."))

(setq x (distance p1 p2))

Thank you for the replies

seems so somple now :S

Ended up using ASMI's method, just tweaked it to a more simple format (for me to understand).

Thanks again!

(defun c:signage ()

(setq POINT1 (getpoint "Pick Top Left: "))

(setq POINT2 (getpoint POINT1 "Pick Bottom Right Corner: "))

(setq POINT1X (car POINT1))

(setq POINT2X (car POINT2))

(setq XDIST (- POINT2X POINT1X))

(setq POINT1Y (cadr POINT1))

(setq POINT2Y (cadr POINT2))

(setq YDIST (- POINT1Y POINT2Y))

(alert (strcat "The X distance between the two points is "(rtos XDIST 2 2)

"\nThe Y distance between the two points is "(rtos YDIST 2 2)))

)