raycast hit detection distance

[anon_50139414]

Is there a return for the distance a raycast traveled to hit an object?

I saw this in the scripting manual but the description doesn’t sound right…

function Update () {
var hit : RaycastHit;
if (Physics.Raycast (transform.position, -Vector3.up, hit)) {
var distanceToGround = hit.distance;
}
}

[Vicenti]

That’s the return right there.

[anon_50139414]

Ah, good… so this eh?

Structure used to get information back from a raycast.

RaycastHit.distance

Description
The distance from the ray’s origin to the impact point.