Perpendicular on a line segment from a given point

Question

I want to calculate a point on a given line that is perpendicular from a given point.

I have a line segment AB and have a point C outside line segment. I want to ca

Answer 1

function getSpPoint(A,B,C){
    var x1=A.x, y1=A.y, x2=B.x, y2=B.y, x3=C.x, y3=C.y;
    var px = x2-x1, py = y2-y1, dAB = px*px + py*py;
    var u = ((x3 - x1) * px + (y3 - y1) * py) / dAB;
    var x = x1 + u * px, y = y1 + u * py;
    return {x:x, y:y}; //this is D
}