CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Calculates the area of a rhombus based on the lengths of the diagonals.

Return Values:
Returns the area of the rhombus.

Example:

<CFSET diag1=4>
  <CFSET diag2=6>
  <CFOUTPUT>
  Given:
  <UL>
  <LI>diag1=#diag1#
  <LI>diag2=#diag2#
  </UL>
  The area of the rhombus is #AreaRhombus(diag1,diag2)#
  </CFOUTPUT>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Calculates the area of a rhombus.
 * 
 * @param diag1      Length of one diagonal 
 * @param diag2      Length of the other diagonal 
 * @return Returns the area of the rhombus. 
 * @author Rob Brooks-Bilson (rbils@amkor.com) 
 * @version 1.0, July 17, 2001 
 */
function AreaRhombus(diag1, diag2)
{
  Return (0.5 * (diag1 + diag2));
}