Blind 75
Merge Intervals
- Problem
- LC 56
- Category
- Interval
- File
- blind75_LC56MergeIntervals.java
- Path
- pkg5leetcode/blind75/blind75_LC56MergeIntervals.java
- Package
- pkg5leetcode.blind75
- Command
- java pkg5leetcode/blind75/blind75_LC56MergeIntervals.java
- Approach
- Sort by start; merge if overlap else push.
- Complexity
- Time O(n log n), Space O(n)
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1package pkg5leetcode.blind75;2 3/*4 * Merge Intervals | LC 565 * APPROACH: Sort by start; merge if overlap else push.6 * COMPLEXITY: Time O(n log n), Space O(n)7 */8import java.util.*;9 10public class blind75_LC56MergeIntervals {11 static int[][] merge(int[][] intervals) {12 Arrays.sort(intervals, (a, b) -> Integer.compare(a[0], b[0]));13 List<int[]> res = new ArrayList<>();14 for (int[] iv : intervals) {15 if (res.isEmpty() || res.get(res.size() - 1)[1] < iv[0]) res.add(iv);16 else res.get(res.size() - 1)[1] = Math.max(res.get(res.size() - 1)[1], iv[1]);17 }18 return res.toArray(new int[0][]);19 }20 21 public static void main(String[] args) {22 int[][] r = merge(new int[][]{{1, 3}, {2, 6}, {8, 10}, {15, 18}});23 check(r.length == 3 && r[0][1] == 6, "case1");24 int[][] r2 = merge(new int[][]{{1, 4}, {4, 5}});25 check(r2.length == 1 && r2[0][1] == 5, "case2");26 System.out.println("all tests passed");27 }28 29 static void check(boolean cond, String name) {30 if (!cond) throw new AssertionError("FAILED: " + name);31 System.out.println(" PASS " + name);32 }33}