Merge intervals

class Solution:
    def merge(self, intervals: List[List[int]]) -> List[List[int]]:
        intervals.sort(
            key = lambda x : x[0]
        )
        res = [intervals[0]]
        for i in range(1, len(intervals)):
            prev = res[-1]
            curr = intervals[i]
            if curr[0] <= prev[1]:
                prev[1] = max(curr[1], prev[1])
                # res[-1] = prev
            else:
                res.append(curr)

        return res

Merge Intervals

Difficulty: Medium


Given an array of intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], merge all overlapping intervals, and return an array of the non-overlapping intervals that cover all the intervals in the input.

 

Example 1:

Input: intervals = [[1,3],[2,6],[8,10],[15,18]]
Output: [[1,6],[8,10],[15,18]]
Explanation: Since intervals [1,3] and [2,6] overlap, merge them into [1,6].

Example 2:

Input: intervals = [[1,4],[4,5]]
Output: [[1,5]]
Explanation: Intervals [1,4] and [4,5] are considered overlapping.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= intervals.length <= 104
  • intervals[i].length == 2
  • 0 <= starti <= endi <= 104