The avatar for @zechasault
Zack
Published
Edited
Jan 28, 2019
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function closestPointOnCircleEdge(A, B, r) {
const a1 = B.x - A.x;
const b1 = (B.x - A.x) ** 2 + (B.y - A.y) ** 2;

let x = A.x + r * (a1 / Math.sqrt(b1));

const a2 = B.y - A.y;
const b2 = (B.x - A.x) ** 2 + (B.y - A.y) ** 2;

let y = A.y + r * (a2 / Math.sqrt(b2));

const C = { x, y };

return C;
}
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