Calculate centre point of rectangle in flex

Question

I have two rectangles:

var rect1:Rectangle = new Rectangle(66,147,89,67);

var rect2:Rectangle = new Rectangle(155,147,89,67);

How to calculate the centre point of these rectangles based on their x and y positions. I want the centre point to be calculated with relative to stage

Answer 1

In Global Way. First you need to find the minimum and maximum points of your shapes in this case rectangles. Than you need to use min.x+(max.x-min.x)/2 and min.y+(max.y-min.y)/2

here is code how to do that.

var rects:Array={rectangle1,rectangle2}
var min:Point=new Point(Number.MAX_VALUE,NUMBER.MAX_VALUE)
var max:Point=new Point(Number.MIN_VALUE,NUMBER.MIN_VALUE)
foreach(var rect:rectangle in rects)
{
    min.x=Math.min(min.x,rect.left);
    min.y=Math.min(min.y,rect.top);
    max.x=Math.max(max.x,rect.right);
    max.y=Math.max(max.y,rect.bottom);
}

var center:Point=new Point(min.x+(max.x-min.x)/2,min.y+(max.y-min.y)/2) if your rectangles are in another container rather than stage you can call contaner.localToGLobal(center) the result is point that is position relative to stage