How do I calculate where do 2 line segments intersect? - c++

Question

I've implemented line segment intersection formula from GeeksForGeeks.It works great, but I also need to know the point of intersection of these 2 line segments. How can I modify the code to do that? (C++)
First comes the Point class (just a 2d Vector really)
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct Point
{
int x;
int y;
};
This function checks if 2 points are on the same segment.
// Given three colinear points p, q, r, the function checks if
// point q lies on line segment 'pr'
bool onSegment(Point p, Point q, Point r)
{
if (q.x <= max(p.x, r.x) && q.x >= min(p.x, r.x) &&
q.y <= max(p.y, r.y) && q.y >= min(p.y, r.y))
return true;
return false;
}
This one find the rotation of ordered triplet.
// To find orientation of ordered triplet (p, q, r).
// The function returns following values
// 0 --> p, q and r are colinear
// 1 --> Clockwise
// 2 --> Counterclockwise
int orientation(Point p, Point q, Point r)
{
// See https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/orientation-3-ordered-points/
// for details of below formula.
int val = (q.y - p.y) * (r.x - q.x) -
(q.x - p.x) * (r.y - q.y);
if (val == 0) return 0; // colinear
return (val > 0)? 1: 2; // clock or counterclock wise
}
// The main function that returns true if line segment 'p1q1'
// and 'p2q2' intersect.
And finally functions that checks for intersection. But where did it occur?
bool doIntersect(Point p1, Point q1, Point p2, Point q2)
{
// Find the four orientations needed for general and
// special cases
int o1 = orientation(p1, q1, p2);
int o2 = orientation(p1, q1, q2);
int o3 = orientation(p2, q2, p1);
int o4 = orientation(p2, q2, q1);
// General case
if (o1 != o2 && o3 != o4)
return true;
// Special Cases
// p1, q1 and p2 are colinear and p2 lies on segment p1q1
if (o1 == 0 && onSegment(p1, p2, q1)) return true;
// p1, q1 and q2 are colinear and q2 lies on segment p1q1
if (o2 == 0 && onSegment(p1, q2, q1)) return true;
// p2, q2 and p1 are colinear and p1 lies on segment p2q2
if (o3 == 0 && onSegment(p2, p1, q2)) return true;
// p2, q2 and q1 are colinear and q1 lies on segment p2q2
if (o4 == 0 && onSegment(p2, q1, q2)) return true;
return false; // Doesn't fall in any of the above cases
}

Answer 1

You just need to implement one of the equations found in this wiki.
In the following code i chose to implement the first equation
// your previous code
Point CalcIntersection(Point p1, Point q1, Point p2, Point q2){
struct Point pInt;
if(doIntersect(p1, q1, p2, q2)){
pInt.x= ((p1.x * q1.y - p1.y * q1.x)*(p2.x-q2.x) - (p2.x * q2.y - p2.y * q2.x)*(p1.x-q1.x)) / ((p1.x-q1.x) * (p2.y-q2.y) -(p1.y-q1.y) * (p2.x-q2.x));
pInt.y = ((p1.x * q1.y - p1.y * q1.x)*(p2.y-q2.y) - (p2.x * q2.y - p2.y * q2.x)*(p1.y-q1.y)) / ((p1.x-q1.x) * (p2.y-q2.y) -(p1.y-q1.y) * (p2.x-q2.x));
}
return pInt;
}
Rq: i think your x and y should be a float not an int