Determining the position of a point with respect to a line

Determining the position of a point with respect to a line

from Points import *


def sideplr(p, p1, p2):
    """
    Calculates the side of point p to the vector p1p2.
    Input
    p: the point
    p1, p2: the start and end points of the line
    Output
    -1: p is on the left side of p1p2
    0: p is on the line of p1p2
    1: p is on the right side of p1p2
    """
    return int((p.x-p1.x)*(p2.y-p1.y)-(p2.x-p1.x)*(p.y-p1.y))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    p=Point(1,1)
    p1=Point(0,0)
    p2=Point(1,0)
    print("Point %s to line %s->%s: %d"%(p, p1, p2, sideplr(p, p1, p2)))
    print("Point %s to line %s->%s: %d"%( p, p2, p1, sideplr(p, p2, p1)))
    p = Point(0.5, 0)
    print("Point %s to line %s->%s: %d"%(p, p1, p2, sideplr(p, p1, p2)))
    print("Point %s to line %s->%s: %d"%( p, p2, p1, sideplr(p, p2, p1)))