XYZ Distance script(get individual X, Y, and Z axis distances)

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hey guys,
so recently i was asked if it was possible to get the XYZ distances between two objects in realtime, and this is what I came up with.
so here is a quick little(possibly useful) script that just simply gets the X,Y, and Z distances between the owner object, and a user-defined object, its pretty straight forward. and here it is:

##################################################################################
#                                                                                #
#            XYZ distance script by QAZWSX2541(kendrick2541)                     #
#                                                                                #
#           Two optional properties can be added to the object                   #
#              that this script is attached to including:                        #
#                                                                                #
#         "print" - this will print the distances to the console                 #
#   "absoulute" - true will return absoulute distances (always positive numbers) #
#                                                                                #
##################################################################################
import GameLogic
cont = GameLogic.getCurrentController()
own = cont.owner

### Enter the name of the other object here
obj = "Cube.001"

### Defining the function
def xyzDist(obj):
	
	### Importing objects and properties
	obj = "OB" + obj
	scene = GameLogic.getCurrentScene()
	objList = scene.objects
	obj = objList[obj]
	dist = own.getDistanceTo(obj)
	debug = False
	absoulute = True
	if own.has_key("print"):
		debug = own['print']
	if own.has_key("absoulute"):
		absoulute = own['absoulute']
		
	### Geting the world position of eachobject
	ownpos0 = own.worldPosition[0]
	ownpos1 = own.worldPosition[1]
	ownpos2 = own.worldPosition[2]
	
	objpos0 = obj.worldPosition[0]
	objpos1 = obj.worldPosition[1]
	objpos2 = obj.worldPosition[2]
	
	### Doing a bit of math to find the XYZ distances
	xdist = objpos0 - ownpos0
	ydist = objpos1 - ownpos1
	zdist = objpos2 - ownpos2
	
	### If you add the propery "absoulute" to the owner object
	### and turn it to false it will return the "local" distaces.
	### otherwise it will return the absoulute values
	if absoulute == True:
		xyzDist = [abs(xdist),abs(ydist),abs(zdist)]
	else:
		xyzDist = [xdist,ydist,zdist]
		
	### If you add the propery "print" to the owner object
	### and turn it to true, it will print the XYZ distances
	if debug == True:
		print(xyzDist)
	return xyzDist
xyzDist(obj)

And here is the .blend test file:
dist test.blend (136 KB)
so far its only working in 2.49b though

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Just so you know, you can do it even smaller than that:

x,y,z = obj.worldPosition-own.worldPosition

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@kendrick - I think that Agoose’s method might only work for Blender 2.5. You’re using Blender 2.49, which doesn’t have the Vector class, which allows for subtraction, unlike lists.

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If i would only read the post before writing!
That is all correct

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I did try this and it returned an error, must be a 2.49 thing.
But yea your right it would be easier to do so