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]
.
/**
* Definition for an interval.
* public class Interval {
* int start;
* int end;
* Interval() { start = 0; end = 0; }
* Interval(int s, int e) { start = s; end = e; }
* }
*/
class Solution {
public List<Interval> merge(List<Interval> intervals) {
List<Interval> ans = new ArrayList<>();
if (intervals == null || intervals.size() == 0) return ans;
Collections.sort(intervals, (a, b) -> (a.start - b.start));
Interval last = intervals.get(0);
for (int i = 1; i < intervals.size(); i++){
Interval cur = intervals.get(i);
if (cur.start > last.end){
ans.add(last);
last = cur;
}
else{
last.end = Math.max(last.end, cur.end);
}
}
ans.add(last);
return ans;
}
}