I can't really wrap my brain around infinity. But more importantly, my program can't either. I have this line segment class that just goes something like this:
Code:
class CLineSegment
{
public:
CLineSegment( const CPoint & start, const CPoint & end );
CLineSegment( double tx, double ty, double rx, double ry );
~CLineSegment( void );
void setStart( const CPoint & start );
void setEnd( const CPoint & end );
const CPoint & getStart( void ) const;
const CPoint & getEnd( void ) const;
bool intersects( const CLineSegment & other );
bool operator == ( const CLineSegment & other );
private:
CPoint m_start, m_end;
double m_slope;
};
You can probably already see the problem. Yep. Slope. Vertical lines. Blowin' my programs mind. Indeterminate -1.#IND00. The thing is, I kind of need to know the slope, because I kinda determined these equations to figure out the points of intersections.
Code:
y - ya = ma * ( x - xa )
y - yb = mb * ( x - xb )
x = ( yb - ya - mb * xb + ma * xa ) / ( ma - mb )
y = ( mb * ya - mb * yb + ma * mb * ( xb - xa ) ) / ( mb - ma )
Of course, I dealt with the special cases of things being paralell and being the same to avoid divide by 0's in these equations, but I can't think of a way to test for the verticals. Is it bad to leave that indeterminate form in? Can I check for it or something and then make a special case?