Given a set ofnon-overlappingintervals, insert a new interval into the intervals (merge if necessary).
You may assume that the intervals were initially sorted according to their start times.
Example 1:
Given intervals[1,3],[6,9]
, insert and merge[2,5]
in as[1,5],[6,9]
.
Example 2:
Given[1,2],[3,5],[6,7],[8,10],[12,16]
, insert and merge[4,9]
in as[1,2],[3,10],[12,16]
.
This is because the new interval[4,9]
overlaps with[3,5],[6,7],[8,10]
.
/**
* 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> insert(List<Interval> intervals, Interval newInterval) {
List<Interval> ans = new ArrayList<>();
int i = 0;
while (i < intervals.size()){
if (intervals.get(i).end < newInterval.start){
ans.add(intervals.get(i));
i++;
}
else{
break;
}
}
while (i < intervals.size() && intervals.get(i).start <= newInterval.end){
newInterval = new Interval(
Math.min(intervals.get(i).start, newInterval.start),
Math.max(intervals.get(i).end, newInterval.end)
);
i++;
}
ans.add(newInterval);
while (i < intervals.size()){
ans.add(intervals.get(i));
i++;
}
return ans;
}
}