def getArea(self, ip0, ip1, ip2):
    """
    Compute the parallelipiped area
    @param ip0 index of first vertex
    @param ip1 index of second vertex
    @param ip2 index of third vertex
    """
    d1 = self.points[ip1] - self.points[ip0]
    d2 = self.points[ip2] - self.points[ip0]
    return (d1[0]*d2[1] - d1[1]*d2[0])

    Compute the parallelipiped area
    @param ip0 index of first vertex
    @param ip1 index of second vertex
    @param ip2 index of third vertex
    
recipes/Python/579021_Delaunay_triangulation/recipe-579021.py