Check if bounding box is within another bounding box

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August 8, 2016
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Using the PDETextIsAtRect function I discovered that if returns element that are not part of bounding box. So I wanted to know if I have two bounding boxes is it possible to check if the bounding box of one element can be found within the bounding bx of another element.

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That's not valid C. Well, clearly it compiles but it very much doesn't do what you think. You cannot use the form a <= b <= c, only compare TWO things, not three.

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LWShayAuthor

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So I tried to use the following if statement with newRect being the ASFixedRect element I'm checking to see is within boundingRect, however I am getting addition text run

if((boundingRect.left <= newRect.left <= boundingRect.right) && (boundingRect.left <= newRect.right <= boundingRect.right) && (boundingRect.bottom <= newRect.bottom <= boundingRect.top) && (boundingRect.bottom <= newRect.top <= boundingRect.top))

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That's not valid C. Well, clearly it compiles but it very much doesn't do what you think. You cannot use the form a <= b <= c, only compare TWO things, not three.

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LWShayAuthor

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Can you explain more? I'm still a little confused. Do you mean that I can use the x y coordinated?