I have no idea what you are asking for. Your question is very vague.

You could perhaps use a measuring device like a ruler for a short distance, or a measuring tape for longer ones.

In case it is a line on a cartesian plane, you can use Pythagoras' Theorem.

You could perhaps make use of the cosine rule if you have a triangle with an angle theta between the two other sides.



Or the sine rule:



As I said before, your question is vague. :(