def get_cont_dist(ins_1, ins_2, norm=2):
    """ get dimensional distance for continuous data

    Parameters: ins_1 (nd-array) - array 1
                ins_2 (nd-array) - array 2
                norm (int) - type of norm use, default is 2

    Returns: dist (array) - the dimenional distance between ins_1 and ins_2
    """
    dist = abs(ins_1 - ins_2)**norm
    return dist