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An algorithm to find intersection between 2 lines.

Author: FireCoder-N

maths/line_intersection.py

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+# Function to calculate determinant of a 2x2 matrix
+def determinant(a: float, b: float, c: float, d: float) -> float:
+    """
+    Calculates the determinant of a 2x2 matrix:
+
+    | a  b |
+    | c  d |
+
+    Args:
+        a, b, c, d (float): Elements of the 2x2 matrix.
+
+    Returns:
+        float: The determinant of the matrix.
+    """
+    return a * d - c * b
+
+
+# Function to compute the line equation coefficients from two points
+def line_coefficients(p1: list[float] | tuple, p2: list[float] | tuple) -> tuple:
+    """
+    Computes the coefficients A, B, C of the line equation Ax + By + C = 0
+    from two points.
+
+    Args:
+        p1 (List[float] | tuple): First point (x, y).
+        p2 (List[float] | tuple): Second point (x, y).
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple: Coefficients (A, B, C) of the line equation.
+    """
+    if p1[0] == p2[0]:  # Vertical line
+        return 1, 0, p1[0]
+    else:  # Non-vertical line
+        a = (p2[1] - p1[1]) / (p2[0] - p1[0])
+        b = -1
+        c = p2[1] - a * p2[0]
+        return a, b, c
+
+
+def segment_intersection(
+    v1: list[float] | tuple,
+    v2: list[float] | tuple,
+    v1_prime: list[float] | tuple,
+    v2_prime: list[float] | tuple,
+    as_segments: bool = True,
+) -> list[float] | None:
+    """
+    Finds the intersection point of two line segments or lines, if it exists.
+
+    Args:
+        v1 (List[float] | tuple): First point of the first segment (x, y).
+        v2 (List[float] | tuple): Second point of the first segment (x, y).
+        v1_prime (List[float] | tuple): First point of the second segment (x, y).
+        v2_prime (List[float] | tuple): Second point of the second segment (x, y).
+        as_segments (bool):  treat the inputs as line segments (True) or as infinite lines (False).
+
+    Returns:
+        List[float] | None:
+            Returns the intersection point [x, y] if the segments/lines intersect, otherwise None.
+
+    References:
+        Cramer's rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramer%27s_rule
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> segment_intersection([0, 0], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 1])
+        [0.5, 0.5]
+
+        # No intersection
+        >>> segment_intersection([0, 0], [1, 1], [2, 2], [3, 3]) is None
+        True
+
+        # Parallel lines
+        >>> segment_intersection([0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 0], [1, 1]) is None
+        True
+
+        # Parallel infinite lines (ignoring segment boundaries)
+        >>> segment_intersection([0, 0], [1, 1], [2, 2], [3, 3], as_segments=False) is None
+        True
+
+        # Intersecting infinite lines
+        >>> segment_intersection([0, 0], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 1], as_segments=False)
+        [0.5, 0.5]
+    """
+
+    # Compute line coefficients for the two segments/lines
+    a, b, c = line_coefficients(v1, v2)
+    a_prime, b_prime, c_prime = line_coefficients(v1_prime, v2_prime)
+
+    # Calculate the determinant (D) of the coefficient matrix
+    d = determinant(a, b, a_prime, b_prime)
+
+    if d == 0:
+        # If D == 0, the lines are parallel or coincident (no unique solution)
+        return None
+
+    # Cramer's rule to solve for x and y
+    dx = determinant(-c, b, -c_prime, b_prime)
+    dy = determinant(a, -c, a_prime, -c_prime)
+
+    # Intersection point of the lines
+    x, y = dx / d, dy / d
+
+    if as_segments:
+        # Check if the intersection point lies within the bounds of both line segments
+        if (
+            min(v1[0], v2[0]) <= x <= max(v1[0], v2[0])
+            and min(v1_prime[0], v2_prime[0]) <= x <= max(v1_prime[0], v2_prime[0])
+            and min(v1[1], v2[1]) <= y <= max(v1[1], v2[1])
+            and min(v1_prime[1], v2_prime[1]) <= y <= max(v1_prime[1], v2_prime[1])
+        ):
+            return [x, y]
+
+        return None
+    else:
+        # Return the intersection point of the infinite lines
+        return [x, y]