Test if two lines intersect - JavaScript function

Question

I\'ve tried searching for a javascript function that will detect if two lines intersect each other.

The function will take the x,y values of both the start end point

Answer 1

function lineIntersect(x1,y1,x2,y2, x3,y3,x4,y4) {
    var x=((x1*y2-y1*x2)*(x3-x4)-(x1-x2)*(x3*y4-y3*x4))/((x1-x2)*(y3-y4)-(y1-y2)*(x3-x4));
    var y=((x1*y2-y1*x2)*(y3-y4)-(y1-y2)*(x3*y4-y3*x4))/((x1-x2)*(y3-y4)-(y1-y2)*(x3-x4));
    if (isNaN(x)||isNaN(y)) {
        return false;
    } else {
        if (x1>=x2) {
            if (!(x2<=x&&x<=x1)) {return false;}
        } else {
            if (!(x1<=x&&x<=x2)) {return false;}
        }
        if (y1>=y2) {
            if (!(y2<=y&&y<=y1)) {return false;}
        } else {
            if (!(y1<=y&&y<=y2)) {return false;}
        }
        if (x3>=x4) {
            if (!(x4<=x&&x<=x3)) {return false;}
        } else {
            if (!(x3<=x&&x<=x4)) {return false;}
        }
        if (y3>=y4) {
            if (!(y4<=y&&y<=y3)) {return false;}
        } else {
            if (!(y3<=y&&y<=y4)) {return false;}
        }
    }
    return true;
}

The wiki page I found the answer from.