Re: Sorting hashes...

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A couple thoughts:

You might have rectangles with the same area, so your hash should key on the coordinates, not the area. E.g. $NetAreaHash{$MinX,$MinY,$MaxX,$MaxY} = $Area (the commas in the hash key combine to make a unique key).
For checking overlap, if any vertex of rectangle A is within rectangle B then they overlap. If no vertex of A is within B, B might still be entirely contained within A, so check one vertex of B to see if it's within A.

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Re^2: Sorting hashes... by husker (Chaplain) on May 11, 2007 at 21:23 UTC
For checking overlap, if any vertex of rectangle A is within rectangle B then they overlap. If no vertex of A is within B, B might still be entirely contained within A, so check one vertex of B to see if it's within A. Actually, two rectangles could intersect without any vertex of either box lying inside the other. Picture two rectangles, perpendicular to each other, arranged as a cross.	[reply]

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