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].
1.普通sort方法:
public List<Interval> merge(List<Interval> intervals) {
// sort start&end
int n = intervals.size();
int[] starts = new int[n];
int[] ends = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
starts[i] = intervals.get(i).start;
ends[i] = intervals.get(i).end;
}
Arrays.sort(starts);
Arrays.sort(ends);
// loop through
List<Interval> res = new ArrayList<Interval>();
for (int i = 0, j = 0; i < n; i++) { // j is start of interval.
if (i == n - 1 || starts[i + 1] > ends[i]){
res.add(new Interval(starts[j], ends[i]));
j = i + 1;
}
}
return res;
}
2.use collections comparator in java 8
public List<Interval> merge(List<Interval> intervals) {
if (intervals.size() <= 1)
return intervals;
// Sort by ascending starting point using an anonymous Comparator
intervals.sort((i1, i2) -> Integer.compare(i1.start, i2.start));
List<Interval> result = new LinkedList<Interval>();
int start = intervals.get(0).start;
int end = intervals.get(0).end;
for (Interval interval : intervals) {
if (interval.start <= end) // Overlapping intervals, move the end if needed
end = Math.max(end, interval.end);
else { // Disjoint intervals, add the previous one and reset bounds
result.add(new Interval(start, end));
start = interval.start;
end = interval.end;
}
}
// Add the last interval
result.add(new Interval(start, end));
return result;
}