Problem:
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].
Thoughts of This Problem
The key to solve this problem is defining a Comparator first to sort the arraylist of Intevals. And then merge some intervals.
The take-away message from this problem is utilizing the advantage of sorted list/array.
Java Solution
package com.soszou.java.leetcode;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
public class MergeIntervals {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//[1,3],[2,6],[8,10],[15,18],
Interval a = new Interval(1, 3);
Interval c = new Interval(2, 6);
Interval b = new Interval(8, 10);
Interval d = new Interval(15, 18);
ArrayList intervals = new ArrayList();
intervals.add(a);
intervals.add(b);
intervals.add(c);
intervals.add(d);
merge(intervals);
}
public static ArrayList<Interval> merge(ArrayList<Interval> intervals) {
if (intervals == null || intervals.size() <= 1)
return intervals;
// sort intervals by using self-defined Comparator
Collections.sort(intervals, new IntervalComparator());
ArrayList<Interval> result = new ArrayList<Interval>();
Interval prev = intervals.get(0);
for (int i = 1; i < intervals.size(); i++) {
Interval curr = intervals.get(i);
if (prev.end >= curr.start) {
// merged case
Interval merged = new Interval(prev.start, Math.max(prev.end,
curr.end));
prev = merged;
} else {
result.add(prev);
prev = curr;
}
}
result.add(prev);
for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
Interval interval =result.get(i);
System.out.println("[ "+interval.start+"-"+interval.end+" ]");
}
return result;
}
}
class IntervalComparator implements Comparator<Interval> {
public int compare(Interval i1, Interval i2) {
return i1.start - i2.start;
}
}
转载自:http://www.programcreek.com/2012/12/leetcode-merge-intervals/