same object comparing

What I want to do is compare the distance between 2 instances of Sprite, and then move them away if they are too close. But I don't know how I can do that, I was thinking I could use "compare" and then use the distance formula but I don't see how it would know which 2 instances to choose from.

Would line of sight behavour be a good solution: checking if SpriteA has "on LOS to SpirteA"?

Wouldn't overlapping at offset work?

You could use the family picking trick for that, I think.

Put all Sprites into Foo Family. Then do like so:

+ Sprite distance(Sprite.X, Sprite.Y, Foo.X, Foo.Y) is less than whatever
    -> Move Sprite away from Foo
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oh newt, cheers for the idea. I tried giving the Sprite a massive detector image that surrounds the object and made it a container, then when that detector overlaps another Sprite it moves it away! yay

edit: oops didn't see your post deadeye, maybe I should try that method too