Determine whether a point is inside a rectangle

Given a rectangle with four vertices in the cartesian rectangular coordinates. Write a program to determine whether a given point lies inside the rectangle, or outside it.

Last Reviewed and Updated on February 7, 2020
Posted by Parveen(Hoven),
Aptitude Trainer and Software Developer

C++ Program for Hit Testing. Determine whether a point is inside a rectangle.

P, Q, R and S are vertices of a rectangle in a clockwise cyclic order. The axes are cartesian where x is positive to the right, y is positive upwards. The coordinates of P are: (-6.1f, -4.3f), Q: (-6.1f, +4.3f), R: (+6.1f, +4.3f) and S: (+6.1f, -4.3f). Ask the user to enter the coordinates of a point of his choice. Write code to determine whether that point lies inside the rectangle or not. You have to model the problem into a C program. Test this program by entering x as 0.0 and y as 0.0. If your code is correct, the output would be: "Yes, inside!".

#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
    // points are cyclic
    float PX = -6.1f, PY = -4.3f;
    float QX = -6.1f, QY = +4.3f;
    float RX = +6.1f, RY = +4.3f;
    float SX = +6.1f, SY = -4.3f;
    
    float x, y;
    
    cout << "Enter x-coord: ";
    cin >> x;
 
    cout << "Enter y-coord: ";
    cin >> y;
 
    /*

 Q___________________R
 |                   |
 |                   |
 |                   |
 |                   |
 P___________________S


    */
 
    if(
        (y < QY)
        && 
        (y > PY) 
        && 
        (x < RX)
        && 
        (x > QX)
    )
    {
        cout << "Yes, Inside!" << endl;
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "Outside" << endl;
    }
 
    return 0;
}

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Updated on 2020-02-07. Published on: 2015-12-08