矩形面积相交问题

Given two rectangles and the coordinates of two points on the diagonals of each rectangle,you have to calculate the area of the intersected part of two rectangles. its sides are parallel to OX and OY .
Input
Input The first line of input is 8 positive numbers which indicate the coordinates of four points that must be on each diagonal.The 8 numbers are x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4.That means the two points on the first rectangle are(x1,y1),(x2,y2);the other two points on the second rectangle are (x3,y3),(x4,y4).
Output
Output For each case output the area of their intersected part in a single line.accurate up to 2 decimal places.
Sample Input
1.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 4.00
5.00 5.00 13.00 13.00 4.00 4.00 12.50 12.50
Sample Output
1.00
56.25

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#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<math.h>//fabs头文件，别忘写，返回值double
int cmp(const void *a,const void *b)//const表示把当前类型转换为适用类型
{
    return *(double *)a>*(double *)b? 1:-1;//double类型排序略有不同
} 
int main()
{
     double x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4;
   while(~scanf("%lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf",&x1,&y1,&x2,&y2,&x3,&y3,&x4,&y4))
   {
       double m,n,area;

       double a[4]={x1,x2,x3,x4};
       double b[4]={y1,y2,y3,y4};
       qsort(a,4,sizeof(a[0]),cmp);//sizeof表示取字节数
       qsort(b,4,sizeof(b[0]),cmp);

       m=fabs(x1-x2)+fabs(x3-x4)-(a[3]-a[0]);//该思想的精髓在于取其长度的投影，看是否有重叠的部分
       n=fabs(y1-y2)+fabs(y3-y4)-(b[3]-b[0]);

       if(n<0||m<0) area=0.0;
       else
         area=n*m;
        printf("%.2lf\n",area);


   }

       return 0;


}