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+def is_overlapping(rectangleA,rectangleB):
+	"""
+	Function to check if two rectangles overlap
+	based on their boundingboxes.
+	The function accepts two types of boundingBoxes.
+	Either an 8 point boundingBox or a 4 point BoundingBox.
+	8 point boundingbox format : [x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4]
+	4 point boundingbox format : [x1,y1,x3,y3]
+	"""
+	if len(rectangleA) == (rectangleB) == 8:
+		x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4 = rectangleA
+		X1,Y1,X2,Y2,X3,Y3,X4,Y4 = rectangleB
+	elif len(rectangleA) == len(rectangleB) == 4:
+		x1,y1,x3,y3 = rectangleA
+		X1,Y1,X3,Y3 = rectangleB
+	else:
+		print("Wrong boundingBox Format")
+		return False
+	# If one rectangle is on left side of other 
+	if x1 > X3 or X1 > x3 :
+		return False
+
+	# If one rectangle is above other
+	if y1 > Y3 or Y1 > y3:
+		return False
+
+	return True
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