vecx / vecy trouble

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Hiya

I'm seeking advise-

I'm making an NPC which will kill the player in front of it within a certain distance

However, when I use something like this

for (temp.pl: players) {
  if (temp.pl.x in |this.x + 1.5, this.x + 1.5 + (vecx(this.dir) * temp.view)| &&
      temp.pl.y in |this.y + 1.5, this.y + 1.5, (vecy(this.dir) * temp.view)|) {
    temp.pl.ani = "dead";
  }
}

This works if the NPC is facing down and right, but facing up or left it won't work. Any ideas?

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this.y + 1.5, this.y + 1.5 , (vecy(this.dir) * temp.view)

The 2nd , should be a +.