[Leetcode]Rectangle Area

Rectangle Area

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Find the total area covered by two rectilinear rectangles in a 2D plane.

Each rectangle is defined by its bottom left corner and top right corner as shown in the figure.

Rectangle Area

Assume that the total area is never beyond the maximum possible value of int.

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[code]class Solution {
public:
    int computeArea(int A, int B, int C, int D, int E, int F, int G, int H) {
        unsigned int totalArea = (C - A) * (D - B) + (G - E) * (H - F);
        unsigned long long hBig = max(D,H) - min(B,F);
        unsigned long long lBig = max(G,C) - min(A,E);
        if(hBig >= ((D - B) + (H - F))  || lBig >= ((C - A) + (G - E)))
            return totalArea;
        unsigned long long h = ((D - B) + (H - F)) - hBig;
        unsigned long long l = ((C - A) + (G - E)) - lBig;
        return totalArea - (unsigned long long)h * (unsigned long long)l;
    }
};