Equation for testing if a point is inside a circle

In general, x and y must satisfy (x - center_x)² + (y - center_y)² < radius².

Please note that points that satisfy the above equation with < replaced by == are considered the points on the circle, and the points that satisfy the above equation with < replaced by > are considered the outside the circle.

You can use Pythagoras to measure the distance between your point and the centre and see if it's lower than the radius:

def in_circle(center_x, center_y, radius, x, y):
    dist = math.sqrt((center_x - x) ** 2 + (center_y - y) ** 2)
    return dist <= radius

EDIT (hat tip to Paul)

In practice, squaring is often much cheaper than taking the square root and since we're only interested in an ordering, we can of course forego taking the square root:

def in_circle(center_x, center_y, radius, x, y):
    square_dist = (center_x - x) ** 2 + (center_y - y) ** 2
    return square_dist <= radius ** 2

Also, Jason noted that <= should be replaced by < and depending on usage this may actually make sense even though I believe that it's not true in the strict mathematical sense. I stand corrected.

You should check whether the distance from the center of the circle to the point is smaller than the radius

using Python

if (x-center_x)**2 + (y-center_y)**2 <= radius**2:
    # inside circle

Calculate the Distance

D = Math.Sqrt(Math.Pow(center_x - x, 2) + Math.Pow(center_y - y, 2))
return D <= radius

that's in C#...convert for use in python...

As said above -- use Euclidean distance.

from math import hypot

def in_radius(c_x, c_y, r, x, y):
    return math.hypot(c_x-x, c_y-y) <= r

The equation below is a expression that tests if a point is within a given circle where xP & yP are the coordinates of the point, xC & yC are the coordinates of the center of the circle and R is the radius of that given circle.

If the above expression is true then the point is within the circle.

Below is a sample implementation in C#:

    public static bool IsWithinCircle(PointF pC, Point pP, Single fRadius){
        return Distance(pC, pP) <= fRadius;
    }

    public static Single Distance(PointF p1, PointF p2){
        Single dX = p1.X - p2.X;
        Single dY = p1.Y - p2.Y;
        Single multi = dX * dX + dY * dY;
        Single dist = (Single)Math.Round((Single)Math.Sqrt(multi), 3);

        return (Single)dist;
    }

Moving into the world of 3D if you want to check if a 3D point is in a Unit Sphere you end up doing something similar. All that is needed to work in 2D is to use 2D vector operations.

    public static bool Intersects(Vector3 point, Vector3 center, float radius)
    {
        Vector3 displacementToCenter = point - center;

        float radiusSqr = radius * radius;

        bool intersects = displacementToCenter.magnitude < radiusSqr;

        return intersects;
    }

Here is the simple java code for solving this problem:

and the math behind it : https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/198764/how-to-know-if-a-point-is-inside-a-circle

boolean insideCircle(int[] point, int[] center, int radius) {
    return (float)Math.sqrt((int)Math.pow(point[0]-center[0],2)+(int)Math.pow(point[1]-center[1],2)) <= radius;
}

PHP

if ((($x - $center_x) ** 2 + ($y - $center_y) ** 2) <=  $radius **2) {
    return true; // Inside
} else {
    return false; // Outside
}

iOS 15, Accepted Answer written in Swift 5.5

func isInRectangle(center: CGPoint, radius: Double, point: CGPoint) -> Bool
{
    return point.x >= center.x - radius && point.x <= center.x + radius &&
    point.y >= center.y - radius && point.y <= center.y + radius
}

//test if coordinate (x, y) is within a radius from coordinate (center_x, center_y)
func isPointInCircle(center: CGPoint,
                     radius:Double, point: CGPoint) -> Bool
{
    if(isInRectangle(center: center, radius: radius, point: point))
    {
        var dx:Double = center.x - point.x
        var dy:Double = center.y - point.y
        dx *= dx
        dy *= dy
        let distanceSquared:Double = dx + dy
        let radiusSquared:Double = radius * radius
        return distanceSquared <= radiusSquared
    }
    return false
}