有一个很好的方法来解决这个问题就是用向量叉乘。定义二维向量叉乘v × w为vx wy−vy wx。

假设这两条线段从p到p + r，从q到q + s。那么第一行上的任意点都可以表示为p + t r(对于标量参数t)，第二行上的任意点可以表示为q + u s(对于标量参数u)。

如果t和u满足以下条件，两条直线相交:

P + t r = q + u s

两边叉乘s，得到

(p + r) × s = (q + u s) × s

由于s × s = 0，这意味着

T (r × s) = (q−p) × s

因此，求解t:

T = (q−p) × s / (r × s)

同样地，我们可以解出u:

(p + r) × r = (q + u s) × r U (s × r) = (p−q) × r U = (p−q) × r / (s × r)

为了减少计算步骤，可以方便地将其重写为以下形式(记住s × r =−r × s):

U = q−p × r / (r × s)

现在有四种情况:

If r × s = 0 and (q − p) × r = 0, then the two lines are collinear. In this case, express the endpoints of the second segment (q and q + s) in terms of the equation of the first line segment (p + t r): t0 = (q − p) · r / (r · r) t1 = (q + s − p) · r / (r · r) = t0 + s · r / (r · r) If the interval between t0 and t1 intersects the interval [0, 1] then the line segments are collinear and overlapping; otherwise they are collinear and disjoint. Note that if s and r point in opposite directions, then s · r < 0 and so the interval to be checked is [t1, t0] rather than [t0, t1]. If r × s = 0 and (q − p) × r ≠ 0, then the two lines are parallel and non-intersecting. If r × s ≠ 0 and 0 ≤ t ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ u ≤ 1, the two line segments meet at the point p + t r = q + u s. Otherwise, the two line segments are not parallel but do not intersect.

来源:该方法是3D线相交算法的2维专门化，来自Ronald Goldman发表在Graphics Gems，第304页的文章“三条线在三维空间中的相交”。在三维空间中，通常的情况是直线是倾斜的(既不平行也不相交)，在这种情况下，该方法给出了两条直线最接近的点。

如果矩形的每条边都是一条线段，并且用户绘制的部分也是一条线段，那么您只需检查用户绘制的线段是否与四条边线段相交。这应该是一个相当简单的练习，给定每个段的起点和终点。

以下是对加文回答的改进。马普的解决方案也类似，但都没有推迟分割。

这实际上也是Gareth Rees的答案的一个实际应用，因为向量积在2D中的等价是补点积，这段代码用了其中的三个。切换到3D并使用叉积，在最后插入s和t，结果是3D中直线之间的两个最近点。 不管怎样，2D解:

int get_line_intersection(float p0_x, float p0_y, float p1_x, float p1_y, 
    float p2_x, float p2_y, float p3_x, float p3_y, float *i_x, float *i_y)
{
    float s02_x, s02_y, s10_x, s10_y, s32_x, s32_y, s_numer, t_numer, denom, t;
    s10_x = p1_x - p0_x;
    s10_y = p1_y - p0_y;
    s32_x = p3_x - p2_x;
    s32_y = p3_y - p2_y;

    denom = s10_x * s32_y - s32_x * s10_y;
    if (denom == 0)
        return 0; // Collinear
    bool denomPositive = denom > 0;

    s02_x = p0_x - p2_x;
    s02_y = p0_y - p2_y;
    s_numer = s10_x * s02_y - s10_y * s02_x;
    if ((s_numer < 0) == denomPositive)
        return 0; // No collision

    t_numer = s32_x * s02_y - s32_y * s02_x;
    if ((t_numer < 0) == denomPositive)
        return 0; // No collision

    if (((s_numer > denom) == denomPositive) || ((t_numer > denom) == denomPositive))
        return 0; // No collision
    // Collision detected
    t = t_numer / denom;
    if (i_x != NULL)
        *i_x = p0_x + (t * s10_x);
    if (i_y != NULL)
        *i_y = p0_y + (t * s10_y);

    return 1;
}

基本上，它将除法延迟到最后一刻，并将大多数测试移动到某些计算完成之前，从而增加了早期退出。最后，它还避免了直线平行时的除零情况。

您可能还想考虑使用ε检验，而不是与零比较。非常接近平行的线会产生稍微偏离的结果。这不是一个bug，这是浮点数学的一个限制。

许多答案把所有的计算都打包成一个函数。如果您需要计算直线斜率、y轴截距或x轴截距，以便在代码的其他地方使用，那么这些计算将是冗余的。我分离出了各自的函数，使用了明显的变量名，并注释了我的代码以使其更易于理解。我需要知道直线是否无限超出它们的端点，所以在JavaScript中:

http://jsfiddle.net/skibulk/evmqq00u/

var point_a = {x:0, y:10},
    point_b = {x:12, y:12},
    point_c = {x:10, y:0},
    point_d = {x:0, y:0},
    slope_ab = slope(point_a, point_b),
    slope_bc = slope(point_b, point_c),
    slope_cd = slope(point_c, point_d),
    slope_da = slope(point_d, point_a),
    yint_ab = y_intercept(point_a, slope_ab),
    yint_bc = y_intercept(point_b, slope_bc),
    yint_cd = y_intercept(point_c, slope_cd),
    yint_da = y_intercept(point_d, slope_da),
    xint_ab = x_intercept(point_a, slope_ab, yint_ab),
    xint_bc = x_intercept(point_b, slope_bc, yint_bc),
    xint_cd = x_intercept(point_c, slope_cd, yint_cd),
    xint_da = x_intercept(point_d, slope_da, yint_da),
    point_aa = intersect(slope_da, yint_da, xint_da, slope_ab, yint_ab, xint_ab),
    point_bb = intersect(slope_ab, yint_ab, xint_ab, slope_bc, yint_bc, xint_bc),
    point_cc = intersect(slope_bc, yint_bc, xint_bc, slope_cd, yint_cd, xint_cd),
    point_dd = intersect(slope_cd, yint_cd, xint_cd, slope_da, yint_da, xint_da);

console.log(point_a, point_b, point_c, point_d);
console.log(slope_ab, slope_bc, slope_cd, slope_da);
console.log(yint_ab, yint_bc, yint_cd, yint_da);
console.log(xint_ab, xint_bc, xint_cd, xint_da);
console.log(point_aa, point_bb, point_cc, point_dd);

function slope(point_a, point_b) {
  var i = (point_b.y - point_a.y) / (point_b.x - point_a.x);
  if (i === -Infinity) return Infinity;
  if (i === -0) return 0;
  return i;
}

function y_intercept(point, slope) {
    // Horizontal Line
    if (slope == 0) return point.y;
  // Vertical Line
    if (slope == Infinity)
  {
    // THE Y-Axis
    if (point.x == 0) return Infinity;
    // No Intercept
    return null;
  }
  // Angled Line
  return point.y - (slope * point.x);
}

function x_intercept(point, slope, yint) {
    // Vertical Line
    if (slope == Infinity) return point.x;
  // Horizontal Line
    if (slope == 0)
  {
    // THE X-Axis
    if (point.y == 0) return Infinity;
    // No Intercept
    return null;
  }
  // Angled Line
  return -yint / slope;
}

// Intersection of two infinite lines
function intersect(slope_a, yint_a, xint_a, slope_b, yint_b, xint_b) {
  if (slope_a == slope_b)
  {
    // Equal Lines
    if (yint_a == yint_b && xint_a == xint_b) return Infinity;
    // Parallel Lines
    return null;
  }
  // First Line Vertical
    if (slope_a == Infinity)
  {
    return {
        x: xint_a,
      y: (slope_b * xint_a) + yint_b
    };
  }
  // Second Line Vertical
    if (slope_b == Infinity)
  {
    return {
        x: xint_b,
      y: (slope_a * xint_b) + yint_a
    };
  }
  // Not Equal, Not Parallel, Not Vertical
  var i = (yint_b - yint_a) / (slope_a - slope_b);
  return {
    x: i,
    y: (slope_a * i) + yint_a
  };
}

我将Kris的答案移植到JavaScript。在尝试了许多不同的答案后，他给出了正确的观点。我以为我要疯了，因为我没有得到我需要的分数。

function getLineLineCollision(p0, p1, p2, p3) {
    var s1, s2;
    s1 = {x: p1.x - p0.x, y: p1.y - p0.y};
    s2 = {x: p3.x - p2.x, y: p3.y - p2.y};

    var s10_x = p1.x - p0.x;
    var s10_y = p1.y - p0.y;
    var s32_x = p3.x - p2.x;
    var s32_y = p3.y - p2.y;

    var denom = s10_x * s32_y - s32_x * s10_y;

    if(denom == 0) {
        return false;
    }

    var denom_positive = denom > 0;

    var s02_x = p0.x - p2.x;
    var s02_y = p0.y - p2.y;

    var s_numer = s10_x * s02_y - s10_y * s02_x;

    if((s_numer < 0) == denom_positive) {
        return false;
    }

    var t_numer = s32_x * s02_y - s32_y * s02_x;

    if((t_numer < 0) == denom_positive) {
        return false;
    }

    if((s_numer > denom) == denom_positive || (t_numer > denom) == denom_positive) {
        return false;
    }

    var t = t_numer / denom;

    var p = {x: p0.x + (t * s10_x), y: p0.y + (t * s10_y)};
    return p;
}

这是基于Gareth Ree的回答。它还返回线段重叠的情况。用c++编写的V是一个简单的向量类。其中二维中两个向量的外积返回一个标量。通过了学校自动测试系统的测试。

//Required input point must be colinear with the line
bool on_segment(const V& p, const LineSegment& l)
{
    //If a point is on the line, the sum of the vectors formed by the point to the line endpoints must be equal
    V va = p - l.pa;
    V vb = p - l.pb;
    R ma = va.magnitude();
    R mb = vb.magnitude();
    R ml = (l.pb - l.pa).magnitude();
    R s = ma + mb;
    bool r = s <= ml + epsilon;
    return r;
}

//Compute using vector math
// Returns 0 points if the lines do not intersect or overlap
// Returns 1 point if the lines intersect
//  Returns 2 points if the lines overlap, contain the points where overlapping start starts and stop
std::vector<V> intersect(const LineSegment& la, const LineSegment& lb)
{
    std::vector<V> r;

    //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/563198/how-do-you-detect-where-two-line-segments-intersect
    V oa, ob, da, db; //Origin and direction vectors
    R sa, sb; //Scalar values
    oa = la.pa;
    da = la.pb - la.pa;
    ob = lb.pa;
    db = lb.pb - lb.pa;

    if (da.cross(db) == 0 && (ob - oa).cross(da) == 0) //If colinear
    {
        if (on_segment(lb.pa, la) && on_segment(lb.pb, la))
        {
            r.push_back(lb.pa);
            r.push_back(lb.pb);
            dprintf("colinear, overlapping\n");
            return r;
        }

        if (on_segment(la.pa, lb) && on_segment(la.pb, lb))
        {
            r.push_back(la.pa);
            r.push_back(la.pb);
            dprintf("colinear, overlapping\n");
            return r;
        }

        if (on_segment(la.pa, lb))
            r.push_back(la.pa);

        if (on_segment(la.pb, lb))
            r.push_back(la.pb);

        if (on_segment(lb.pa, la))
            r.push_back(lb.pa);

        if (on_segment(lb.pb, la))
            r.push_back(lb.pb);

        if (r.size() == 0)
            dprintf("colinear, non-overlapping\n");
        else
            dprintf("colinear, overlapping\n");

        return r;
    }

    if (da.cross(db) == 0 && (ob - oa).cross(da) != 0)
    {
        dprintf("parallel non-intersecting\n");
        return r;
    }

    //Math trick db cross db == 0, which is a single scalar in 2D.
    //Crossing both sides with vector db gives:
    sa = (ob - oa).cross(db) / da.cross(db);

    //Crossing both sides with vector da gives
    sb = (oa - ob).cross(da) / db.cross(da);

    if (0 <= sa && sa <= 1 && 0 <= sb && sb <= 1)
    {
        dprintf("intersecting\n");
        r.push_back(oa + da * sa);
        return r;
    }

    dprintf("non-intersecting, non-parallel, non-colinear, non-overlapping\n");
    return r;
}