Equidistant points in a line segment

Question

Let assume you have two points (a , b) in a two dimensional plane. Given the two points, what is the best way to find the maximum points on the line segment that are equidistan

Answer 1

Find the number of points that will fit on the line. Calculate the steps for X and Y coordinates and generate the points. Like so:

lineLength = sqrt(pow(end.X - start.X,2) + pow(end.Y - start.Y, 2))
numberOfPoints = floor(lineLength/minDistantApart)
stepX = (end.X - start.X)/numberOfPoints
stepY = (end.Y - start.Y)/numberOfPoints
for (i = 1; i < numberOfPoints; i++) {
    yield Point(start.X + stepX*i, start.Y + stepY*i)
}