calculating the point of intersection of two lines

Question

I have dynamically generated lines that animate and I want to detect when a lines hits another. I\'m trying to implement some basic linear algebra to obtain the equation of

Answer 1

I found a great solution by Paul Bourke. Here it is, implemented in JavaScript:

function line_intersect(x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, x4, y4)
{
    var ua, ub, denom = (y4 - y3)*(x2 - x1) - (x4 - x3)*(y2 - y1);
    if (denom == 0) {
        return null;
    }
    ua = ((x4 - x3)*(y1 - y3) - (y4 - y3)*(x1 - x3))/denom;
    ub = ((x2 - x1)*(y1 - y3) - (y2 - y1)*(x1 - x3))/denom;
    return {
        x: x1 + ua * (x2 - x1),
        y: y1 + ua * (y2 - y1),
        seg1: ua >= 0 && ua <= 1,
        seg2: ub >= 0 && ub <= 1
    };
}