feat: added a new algorithm to find whether two line segment intersec…

geometry/line_segment_intersection.cpp

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+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief check whether two line segments intersect each other
+ * or not.
+ */
+#include <iostream>
+
+/*
+ * Define a Point.
+ */
+struct Point {
+    int x;  /// Point respect to x coordinate
+    int y;  /// Point respect to y coordinate
+};
+
+/**
+ * intersect returns true if segments of two line intersects and
+ * false if they do not. It calls the subroutines direction
+ * which computes the orientation.
+ */
+struct SegmentIntersection {
+    inline bool intersect(Point first_point, Point second_point,
+                                    Point third_point, Point forth_point) {
+        int direction1 = direction(third_point, forth_point, first_point);
+        int direction2 = direction(third_point, forth_point, second_point);
+        int direction3 = direction(first_point, second_point, third_point);
+        int direction4 = direction(first_point, second_point, forth_point);
+
+        if ((direction1 < 0 || direction2 > 0) && (direction3 < 0 ||
+                                                            direction4 > 0))
+            return true;
+
+        else if (direction1 == 0 && on_segment(third_point, forth_point,
+                                                                first_point))
+            return true;
+
+        else if (direction2 == 0 && on_segment(third_point, forth_point,
+                                                                second_point))
+            return true;
+
+        else if (direction3 == 0 && on_segment(first_point, second_point,
+                                                                third_point))
+            return true;
+
+        else if (direction3 == 0 && on_segment(first_point, second_point,
+                                                                forth_point))
+            return true;
+
+        else
+            return false;
+    }
+
+   /**
+    * We will find direction of line here respect to @first_point.
+    * Here @second_point and @third_point is first and second points
+    * of the line respectively. we want a method to determine which way a
+    * given angle these three points turns. If returned number is negative,
+    * then the angle is counter-clockwise. That means the line is going to
+    * right to left. We will fount angle as clockwise if the method returns
+    * positive number.
+    */
+    inline int direction(Point first_point, Point second_point,
+                                                    Point third_point) {
+        return ((third_point.x-first_point.x)*(second_point.y-first_point.y))-
+            ((second_point.x-first_point.x) * (third_point.y-first_point.y));
+    }
+
+   /**
+    * This method determines whether a point known to be colinear
+    * with a segment lies on that segment.
+    */
+    inline bool on_segment(Point first_point, Point second_point,
+                                                        Point third_point) {
+        if (std::min(first_point.x, second_point.x) <= third_point.x &&
+            third_point.x <= std::max(first_point.x, second_point.x) &&
+            std::min(first_point.y, second_point.y) <= third_point.y &&
+            third_point.y <= std::max(first_point.y, second_point.y))
+            return true;
+
+        else
+            return false;
+    }
+};
+
+/*
+ * This is the main function to test whether the algorithm is
+ * working well.
+ */
+int main() {
+    SegmentIntersection segment;
+    Point first_point, second_point, third_point, forth_point;
+
+    std::cin >> first_point.x >> first_point.y;
+    std::cin >> second_point.x >> second_point.y;
+    std::cin >> third_point.x >> third_point.y;
+    std::cin >> forth_point.x >> forth_point.y;
+
+    printf("%d", segment.intersect(first_point, second_point, third_point,
+                                    forth_point));
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+}