Program to find slope of a line

Given two coordinates, find the slope of a straight line.

Examples: 

Input  : x1 = 4, y1 = 2, 
         x2 = 2, y2 = 5 
Output : Slope is -1.5

Approach: To calculate the slope of a line you need only two points from that line, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2). The equation used to calculate the slope from two points is: 

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program for slope of line
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// function to find the slope of a straight line
float slope(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2)
{
    return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
}

// driver code to check the above function
int main()
{
    float x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
    float x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
    cout << "Slope is: "
         << slope(x1, y1, x2, y2);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for slope of line
import java.io.*;

class GFG {
    static float slope(float x1, float y1,
                       float x2, float y2)
    {
        return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        float x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
        float x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
        System.out.println("Slope is " +
                    slope(x1, y1, x2, y2));
    }
}

Python

# Python program for slope of line
def slope(x1, y1, x2, y2):
    return (float)(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

# driver code
x1 = 4
y1 = 2
x2 = 2
y2 = 5
print "Slope is :", slope(x1, y1, x2, y2)

C#

// C# program for slope of line
using System;

class GFG
{
    static float slope(float x1, float y1,
                       float x2, float y2)
    {
        return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
    }

    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
        float x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
        float x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
        Console.WriteLine("Slope is " +
                    slope(x1, y1, x2, y2));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by vt_m.

PHP

<?php
// PHP program for
// slope of line

// function to find the
// slope of a straight line
function slope($x1, $y1, $x2, $y2)
{
    return ($y2 - $y1) /
           ($x2 - $x1);
}

    // Driver Code
    $x1 = 4;
    $y1 = 2;
    $x2 = 2;
    $y2 = 5;
    echo "Slope is: "
         , slope($x1, $y1,
                 $x2, $y2);

// This code is contributed by anuj_67.
?>

Javascript

<script>
// javascript program for slope of line

    function slope(x1, y1,
                       x2, y2)
    {
        return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
    }

// Driver code
         let x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
        let x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
        document.write("Slope is " +
                    slope(x1, y1, x2, y2));

   // This code is contributed by susmitakundugoaldanga.
</script>

Output

Slope is: -1.5

Time Complexity: O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Special Case: The above code will throw a runtime error when int the function x1 is equal to x2 (x1==x2). In that case, our denominator will become zero(0). To avoid that condition, we will add a condition in the slope function.

C++

// C++ program for slope of line
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// function to find the slope of a straight line
float slope(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2)
{
    if(x1 == x2)
        return INT_MAX;
    return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
}

// driver code to check the above function
int main()
{
    float x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
    float x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
    cout << "Slope is: "
         << slope(x1, y1, x2, y2);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for slope of line

import java.util.*;

class GFG {

    // function to find the slope of a straight line
    static float slope(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2) {
        if (x1 == x2)
            return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
    }

    // driver code to check the above function
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        float x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
        float x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
        System.out.print("Slope is: " + slope(x1, y1, x2, y2));
    }
}

// This code contributed by Rajput-Ji

Python3

# Python3 program to find slope
import sys

# Function to find the slope of a straight line
def slope(x1, y1, x2, y2):

    if x1 == x2:
        return (sys.maxsize)

    return ((y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1))

# Driver code
x1 = 4
y1 = 2
x2 = 2
y2 = 5

print("Slope is :", slope(4, 2, 2, 5))

# This code is contributed by vaishaligoyal878

C#

// C# program for slope of line
using System;
class GFG {

    // function to find the slope of a straight line
    static float slope(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2) {
        if (x1 == x2)
            return 1000000000;
        return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
    }

    // driver code to check the above function
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        float x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
        float x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
        Console.Write("Slope is: " + slope(x1, y1, x2, y2));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by famously.

Javascript

<script>
// javascript program for slope of line
// function to find the slope of a straight line
    function slope(x1 , y1 , x2 , y2) {
        if (x1 == x2)
            return Number.MAX_VALUE;
        return (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1);
    }

    // driver code to check the above function
        var x1 = 4, y1 = 2;
        var x2 = 2, y2 = 5;
        document.write("Slope is: " + slope(x1, y1, x2, y2));

// This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji
</script>

Output

Slope is: -1.5

Time Complexity: O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)