Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:51:20 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	a j <aj664 AT hotmail DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: point detection in triangles
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, a j wrote:

> can anyone explain how you detect if a point is
> inside or outside a triangle.. in a simple 2D x-y co-ord system.

Draw a line from the point in any direction.  If it crosses the sides of 
the triangle an odd number of times, the point is inside; otherwise, it's 
outside.

Depending on whether you care, there are some borderline cases when the 
point is exactly on one of the sides.

> or offer some C code.. or a reference for places to get this info.

I think I posted a general solution (good for any polygon, not just a 
triangle) a year or so ago.  Try searching the DJGPP forum archives at 
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/ for words like "polygon".

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