上面有很多解决方案，但我认为下面的解决方案很简单，很容易理解。

矢量AB和矢量CD相交当且仅当

端点a和b在线段CD的两边。 端点c和d在线段AB的对边。

更具体地说，a和b在线段CD的对面当且仅当两个三元组中有一个是逆时针顺序的。

Intersect(a, b, c, d)
 if CCW(a, c, d) == CCW(b, c, d)
    return false;
 else if CCW(a, b, c) == CCW(a, b, d)
    return false;
 else
    return true;

这里的CCW代表逆时针，根据点的方向返回真/假。

来源:http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/teaching/373/notes/x06-sweepline.pdf 第二页

如果矩形的每条边都是一条线段，并且用户绘制的部分也是一条线段，那么您只需检查用户绘制的线段是否与四条边线段相交。这应该是一个相当简单的练习，给定每个段的起点和终点。

人们似乎对Gavin的答案很感兴趣，cortijon在评论中提出了一个javascript版本，iMalc提供了一个计算量略少的版本。一些人指出了各种代码建议的缺点，另一些人则评论了一些代码建议的效率。

iMalc通过Gavin的答案提供的算法是我目前在一个javascript项目中使用的算法，我只是想在这里提供一个清理过的版本，如果它可以帮助到任何人的话。

// Some variables for reuse, others may do this differently
var p0x, p1x, p2x, p3x, ix,
    p0y, p1y, p2y, p3y, iy,
    collisionDetected;

// do stuff, call other functions, set endpoints...

// note: for my purpose I use |t| < |d| as opposed to
// |t| <= |d| which is equivalent to 0 <= t < 1 rather than
// 0 <= t <= 1 as in Gavin's answer - results may vary

var lineSegmentIntersection = function(){
    var d, dx1, dx2, dx3, dy1, dy2, dy3, s, t;

    dx1 = p1x - p0x;      dy1 = p1y - p0y;
    dx2 = p3x - p2x;      dy2 = p3y - p2y;
    dx3 = p0x - p2x;      dy3 = p0y - p2y;

    collisionDetected = 0;

    d = dx1 * dy2 - dx2 * dy1;

    if(d !== 0){
        s = dx1 * dy3 - dx3 * dy1;
        if((s <= 0 && d < 0 && s >= d) || (s >= 0 && d > 0 && s <= d)){
            t = dx2 * dy3 - dx3 * dy2;
            if((t <= 0 && d < 0 && t > d) || (t >= 0 && d > 0 && t < d)){
                t = t / d;
                collisionDetected = 1;
                ix = p0x + t * dx1;
                iy = p0y + t * dy1;
            }
        }
    }
};

我已经尝试实现上述Jason所描述的算法;不幸的是，虽然在调试数学工作，我发现许多情况下，它不起作用。

例如，考虑点A(10,10) B(20,20) C(10,1) D(1,10) h=。5然而，通过检查可以清楚地看到，这些部分彼此一点也不接近。

将其绘制成图可以清楚地看出，0 < h < 1条件仅表明如果存在截距点，则截距点将位于CD上，而不告诉我们该点是否位于AB上。 为了确保有一个交叉点，你必须对变量g进行对称计算，拦截的要求是: 0 < g < 1 AND 0 < h < 1

找到两条线段的正确交点是一项具有大量边缘情况的非简单任务。下面是一个用Java编写的、有效的、经过测试的解决方案。

本质上，在求两条线段的交点时，有三种情况会发生:

线段不相交 有一个唯一的交点 交点是另一段

注意:在代码中，我假设x1 = x2和y1 = y2的线段(x1, y1)， (x2, y2)是有效的线段。从数学上讲，线段由不同的点组成，但为了完整起见，我在这个实现中允许线段作为点。

代码是从我的github回购

/**
 * This snippet finds the intersection of two line segments.
 * The intersection may either be empty, a single point or the
 * intersection is a subsegment there's an overlap.
 */

import static java.lang.Math.abs;
import static java.lang.Math.max;
import static java.lang.Math.min;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class LineSegmentLineSegmentIntersection {

  // Small epsilon used for double value comparison.
  private static final double EPS = 1e-5;

  // 2D Point class.
  public static class Pt {
    double x, y;
    public Pt(double x, double y) {
      this.x = x; 
      this.y = y;
    }
    public boolean equals(Pt pt) {
      return abs(x - pt.x) < EPS && abs(y - pt.y) < EPS;
    }
  }

  // Finds the orientation of point 'c' relative to the line segment (a, b)
  // Returns  0 if all three points are collinear.
  // Returns -1 if 'c' is clockwise to segment (a, b), i.e right of line formed by the segment.
  // Returns +1 if 'c' is counter clockwise to segment (a, b), i.e left of line
  // formed by the segment.
  public static int orientation(Pt a, Pt b, Pt c) {
    double value = (b.y - a.y) * (c.x - b.x) - 
                   (b.x - a.x) * (c.y - b.y);
    if (abs(value) < EPS) return 0;
    return (value > 0) ? -1 : +1;
  }

  // Tests whether point 'c' is on the line segment (a, b).
  // Ensure first that point c is collinear to segment (a, b) and
  // then check whether c is within the rectangle formed by (a, b)
  public static boolean pointOnLine(Pt a, Pt b, Pt c) {
    return orientation(a, b, c) == 0 && 
           min(a.x, b.x) <= c.x && c.x <= max(a.x, b.x) && 
           min(a.y, b.y) <= c.y && c.y <= max(a.y, b.y);
  }

  // Determines whether two segments intersect.
  public static boolean segmentsIntersect(Pt p1, Pt p2, Pt p3, Pt p4) {

    // Get the orientation of points p3 and p4 in relation
    // to the line segment (p1, p2)
    int o1 = orientation(p1, p2, p3);
    int o2 = orientation(p1, p2, p4);
    int o3 = orientation(p3, p4, p1);
    int o4 = orientation(p3, p4, p2);

    // If the points p1, p2 are on opposite sides of the infinite
    // line formed by (p3, p4) and conversly p3, p4 are on opposite
    // sides of the infinite line formed by (p1, p2) then there is
    // an intersection.
    if (o1 != o2 && o3 != o4) return true;

    // Collinear special cases (perhaps these if checks can be simplified?)
    if (o1 == 0 && pointOnLine(p1, p2, p3)) return true;
    if (o2 == 0 && pointOnLine(p1, p2, p4)) return true;
    if (o3 == 0 && pointOnLine(p3, p4, p1)) return true;
    if (o4 == 0 && pointOnLine(p3, p4, p2)) return true;

    return false;
  }

  public static List<Pt> getCommonEndpoints(Pt p1, Pt p2, Pt p3, Pt p4) {

    List<Pt> points = new ArrayList<>();

    if (p1.equals(p3)) {
      points.add(p1);
      if (p2.equals(p4)) points.add(p2);

    } else if (p1.equals(p4)) {
      points.add(p1);
      if (p2.equals(p3)) points.add(p2);

    } else if (p2.equals(p3)) {
      points.add(p2);
      if (p1.equals(p4)) points.add(p1);

    } else if (p2.equals(p4)) {
      points.add(p2);
      if (p1.equals(p3)) points.add(p1);
    }

    return points;
  }

  // Finds the intersection point(s) of two line segments. Unlike regular line 
  // segments, segments which are points (x1 = x2 and y1 = y2) are allowed.
  public static Pt[] lineSegmentLineSegmentIntersection(Pt p1, Pt p2, Pt p3, Pt p4) {

    // No intersection.
    if (!segmentsIntersect(p1, p2, p3, p4)) return new Pt[]{};

    // Both segments are a single point.
    if (p1.equals(p2) && p2.equals(p3) && p3.equals(p4))
      return new Pt[]{p1};

    List<Pt> endpoints = getCommonEndpoints(p1, p2, p3, p4);
    int n = endpoints.size();

    // One of the line segments is an intersecting single point.
    // NOTE: checking only n == 1 is insufficient to return early
    // because the solution might be a sub segment.
    boolean singleton = p1.equals(p2) || p3.equals(p4);
    if (n == 1 && singleton) return new Pt[]{endpoints.get(0)};

    // Segments are equal.
    if (n == 2) return new Pt[]{endpoints.get(0), endpoints.get(1)};

    boolean collinearSegments = (orientation(p1, p2, p3) == 0) && 
                                (orientation(p1, p2, p4) == 0);

    // The intersection will be a sub-segment of the two
    // segments since they overlap each other.
    if (collinearSegments) {

      // Segment #2 is enclosed in segment #1
      if (pointOnLine(p1, p2, p3) && pointOnLine(p1, p2, p4))
        return new Pt[]{p3, p4};

      // Segment #1 is enclosed in segment #2
      if (pointOnLine(p3, p4, p1) && pointOnLine(p3, p4, p2))
        return new Pt[]{p1, p2};

      // The subsegment is part of segment #1 and part of segment #2.
      // Find the middle points which correspond to this segment.
      Pt midPoint1 = pointOnLine(p1, p2, p3) ? p3 : p4;
      Pt midPoint2 = pointOnLine(p3, p4, p1) ? p1 : p2;

      // There is actually only one middle point!
      if (midPoint1.equals(midPoint2)) return new Pt[]{midPoint1};

      return new Pt[]{midPoint1, midPoint2};
    }

    /* Beyond this point there is a unique intersection point. */

    // Segment #1 is a vertical line.
    if (abs(p1.x - p2.x) < EPS) {
      double m = (p4.y - p3.y) / (p4.x - p3.x);
      double b = p3.y - m * p3.x;
      return new Pt[]{new Pt(p1.x, m * p1.x + b)};
    }

    // Segment #2 is a vertical line.
    if (abs(p3.x - p4.x) < EPS) {
      double m = (p2.y - p1.y) / (p2.x - p1.x);
      double b = p1.y - m * p1.x;
      return new Pt[]{new Pt(p3.x, m * p3.x + b)};
    }

    double m1 = (p2.y - p1.y) / (p2.x - p1.x);
    double m2 = (p4.y - p3.y) / (p4.x - p3.x);
    double b1 = p1.y - m1 * p1.x;
    double b2 = p3.y - m2 * p3.x;
    double x = (b2 - b1) / (m1 - m2);
    double y = (m1 * b2 - m2 * b1) / (m1 - m2);

    return new Pt[]{new Pt(x, y)};
  }

}

下面是一个简单的用法示例:

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    // Segment #1 is (p1, p2), segment #2 is (p3, p4)
    Pt p1, p2, p3, p4;

    p1 = new Pt(-2, 4); p2 = new Pt(3, 3);
    p3 = new Pt(0, 0);  p4 = new Pt(2, 4);
    Pt[] points = lineSegmentLineSegmentIntersection(p1, p2, p3, p4);
    Pt point = points[0];

    // Prints: (1.636, 3.273)
    System.out.printf("(%.3f, %.3f)\n", point.x, point.y);

    p1 = new Pt(-10, 0); p2 = new Pt(+10, 0);
    p3 = new Pt(-5, 0);  p4 = new Pt(+5, 0);
    points = lineSegmentLineSegmentIntersection(p1, p2, p3, p4);
    Pt point1 = points[0], point2 = points[1];

    // Prints: (-5.000, 0.000) (5.000, 0.000)
    System.out.printf("(%.3f, %.3f) (%.3f, %.3f)\n", point1.x, point1.y, point2.x, point2.y);
  }

这是基于Gareth Ree的回答。它还返回线段重叠的情况。用c++编写的V是一个简单的向量类。其中二维中两个向量的外积返回一个标量。通过了学校自动测试系统的测试。

//Required input point must be colinear with the line
bool on_segment(const V& p, const LineSegment& l)
{
    //If a point is on the line, the sum of the vectors formed by the point to the line endpoints must be equal
    V va = p - l.pa;
    V vb = p - l.pb;
    R ma = va.magnitude();
    R mb = vb.magnitude();
    R ml = (l.pb - l.pa).magnitude();
    R s = ma + mb;
    bool r = s <= ml + epsilon;
    return r;
}

//Compute using vector math
// Returns 0 points if the lines do not intersect or overlap
// Returns 1 point if the lines intersect
//  Returns 2 points if the lines overlap, contain the points where overlapping start starts and stop
std::vector<V> intersect(const LineSegment& la, const LineSegment& lb)
{
    std::vector<V> r;

    //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/563198/how-do-you-detect-where-two-line-segments-intersect
    V oa, ob, da, db; //Origin and direction vectors
    R sa, sb; //Scalar values
    oa = la.pa;
    da = la.pb - la.pa;
    ob = lb.pa;
    db = lb.pb - lb.pa;

    if (da.cross(db) == 0 && (ob - oa).cross(da) == 0) //If colinear
    {
        if (on_segment(lb.pa, la) && on_segment(lb.pb, la))
        {
            r.push_back(lb.pa);
            r.push_back(lb.pb);
            dprintf("colinear, overlapping\n");
            return r;
        }

        if (on_segment(la.pa, lb) && on_segment(la.pb, lb))
        {
            r.push_back(la.pa);
            r.push_back(la.pb);
            dprintf("colinear, overlapping\n");
            return r;
        }

        if (on_segment(la.pa, lb))
            r.push_back(la.pa);

        if (on_segment(la.pb, lb))
            r.push_back(la.pb);

        if (on_segment(lb.pa, la))
            r.push_back(lb.pa);

        if (on_segment(lb.pb, la))
            r.push_back(lb.pb);

        if (r.size() == 0)
            dprintf("colinear, non-overlapping\n");
        else
            dprintf("colinear, overlapping\n");

        return r;
    }

    if (da.cross(db) == 0 && (ob - oa).cross(da) != 0)
    {
        dprintf("parallel non-intersecting\n");
        return r;
    }

    //Math trick db cross db == 0, which is a single scalar in 2D.
    //Crossing both sides with vector db gives:
    sa = (ob - oa).cross(db) / da.cross(db);

    //Crossing both sides with vector da gives
    sb = (oa - ob).cross(da) / db.cross(da);

    if (0 <= sa && sa <= 1 && 0 <= sb && sb <= 1)
    {
        dprintf("intersecting\n");
        r.push_back(oa + da * sa);
        return r;
    }

    dprintf("non-intersecting, non-parallel, non-colinear, non-overlapping\n");
    return r;
}