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closestPointScalarFromPointToSegment
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.. js:function:: closestPointScalarFromPointToSegment

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      | closestPointScalarFromPointToSegment(**p0**\ : :js:class:`~Point3`\ , **p1**\ : :js:class:`~Point3`\ , **point**\ : :js:class:`~Point3`\ ): *number*
   
   Finds the scalar for the closest point on line segment p0-p1 to the given point. The returned scalar will always be in the range [0, 1], where 0 indicates p0 is closest, and 1 indicates p1 is closest.
   
   **Parameters**
   
      **p0**\ : :js:class:`~Point3`
   
         First point of the line segment
   
   
      **p1**\ : :js:class:`~Point3`
   
         Second point of the line segment
   
   
      **point**\ : :js:class:`~Point3`
   
         Point at which to find closest line segment scalar
   
   
   
   **Returns**\ : *number*
   




