Given a set of non-overlapping intervals, 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]
.
Code:
<span style="font-size:14px;">/**
* Definition for an interval.
* struct Interval {
* int start;
* int end;
* Interval() : start(0), end(0) {}
* Interval(int s, int e) : start(s), end(e) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
vector<Interval> insert(vector<Interval> &intervals, Interval newInterval) {
vector<Interval> result;
const int length = intervals.size();
if (length == 0) {
result.push_back(newInterval);
return result;
}
if (newInterval.end < intervals[0].start) {
intervals.insert(intervals.begin(), newInterval);
return intervals;
}
if (newInterval.start > intervals[length-1].end) {
intervals.push_back(newInterval);
return intervals;
}
int index = 0;
for (; index < length; ++index)
if (intervals[index].end >= newInterval.start) break;
else result.push_back(intervals[index]);
newInterval.start = min(intervals[index].start, newInterval.start);
for (; index < length; ++index)
if (intervals[index].start > newInterval.end) break;
newInterval.end = max(intervals[index-1].end, newInterval.end);
result.push_back(newInterval);
if (index != length)
result.insert(result.end(), intervals.begin()+index, intervals.end());
return result;
}
};</span>