Given a collection of intervals, merge all overlapping intervals.
For example,
Given [1,3],[2,6],[8,10],[15,18],
return [1,6],[8,10],[15,18].
https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-intervals/
Remenber Collections.sort(List list, Comparator<? super T> c) and the way to implement Comparator.
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| public List<Interval> merge(List<Interval> intervals) { if(intervals == null || intervals.size() <= 1) return intervals; List<Interval> result = new ArrayList<Interval>(); Collections.sort(intervals, new Comparator<Interval>() { public int compare(Interval a, Interval b) { if(a.start < b.start) return -1; else if(a.start > b.start) return 1; else return 0; } }); Interval t = intervals.get(0); for(int i = 1; i < intervals.size(); ++i) { Interval cur = intervals.get(i); if(cur.start > t.end) { result.add(t); t = cur; } else if(cur.end > t.end) t.end = cur.end; } result.add(t); return result; }
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