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"Intersection Dot" Between A Dot And A Line //JavaScript Function
<a href="http://jsfromhell.com/math/dot-line-intersection">
Given a line and a dot, it return the coordinates of their intersection.
[UPDATED CODE AND HELP CAN BE FOUND HERE]
</a>
//+ Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
//@ http://jsfromhell.com/math/dot-line-intersection [v1.0]
dotLineIntersection = function( x, y, x0, y0, x1, y1 ){
if( !( x1 - x0 ) )
return { x: x0, y: y };
else if( !( y1 - y0 ) )
return { x: x, y: y0 };
var left, tg = -1 / ( ( y1 - y0 ) / ( x1 - x0 ) );
return { x: left = ( x1 * ( x * tg - y + y0 ) + x0 * ( x * - tg + y - y1 ) ) / ( tg * ( x1 - x0 ) + y0 - y1 ), y: tg * left - tg * x + y };
};
