【Leetcode】56. 合并区间

输入: [[1,3],[2,6],[8,10],[15,18]]
输出: [[1,6],[8,10],[15,18]]
解释: 区间 [1,3] 和 [2,6] 重叠, 将它们合并为 [1,6].

输入: [[1,4],[4,5]]
输出: [[1,5]]
解释: 区间 [1,4] 和 [4,5] 可被视为重叠区间。

/**
 * 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) {
        // 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
        int i = 0;
        List<Interval> res = new ArrayList<>();
        while (i < n) {
            int st = starts[i];
            while (i < n - 1 && starts[i + 1] <= ends[i]) i++;
            int en = ends[i];
            res.add(new Interval(st, en));
            i++;
        }
        return res;
    }
}