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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Rectangle (flash.geom.Rectangle) > containsRectangle (Rectangle.containsRectangle method)

containsRectangle (Rectangle.containsRectangle method)

Determines whether the Rectangle object specified by the rect parameter is contained within this Rectangle object. A Rectangle object is said to contain another if the second Rectangle object falls entirely within the boundaries of the first.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 8

Parameters

rect:Rectangle - The Rectangle object being checked.

Returns

Boolean - If the Rectangle object that you specify is contained by this Rectangle object, returns true; otherwise false.

Example

The following example creates four new Rectangle objects and determines whether rectangle A contains rectangle B, C, or D.

import flash.geom.Rectangle;

var rectA:Rectangle = new Rectangle(10, 10, 50, 50);
var rectB:Rectangle = new Rectangle(10, 10, 50, 50);
var rectC:Rectangle = new Rectangle(10, 10, 51, 51);
var rectD:Rectangle = new Rectangle(15, 15, 45, 45);

trace(rectA.containsRectangle(rectB)); // true
trace(rectA.containsRectangle(rectC)); // false
trace(rectA.containsRectangle(rectD)); // true

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