【题目】
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]
.
题意:给一些已经按开始时间排好序的区间,现在往里面插入一个区间,如果有重叠就合并区间,返回插入后的区间序列。
思路:先插入,在合并重叠区间。既然是已经排好序的,就可以用二分查找的方法,把要插入的这个区间放到应该的位置。合并重叠区间的方法《【LeetCode】Merge Intervals 解题报告》一样。
【Java代码】
/**
* 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; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public List<Interval> insert(List<Interval> intervals, Interval newInterval) {
List<Interval> ans = new ArrayList<Interval>();
// insert newInterval by binary searching
int l = 0;
int r = intervals.size() - 1;
while (l <= r) {
int mid = (l + r) >> 1;
if (intervals.get(mid).start > newInterval.start) {
r = mid - 1;
} else {
l = mid + 1;
}
}
intervals.add(l, newInterval);
// merge all overlapping intervals
int start = intervals.get(0).start;
int end = intervals.get(0).end;
for (int i = 1; i < intervals.size(); i++) {
Interval inter = intervals.get(i);
if (inter.start > end) {
ans.add(new Interval(start, end));
start = inter.start;
end = inter.end;
} else {
end = Math.max(end, inter.end);
}
}
ans.add(new Interval(start, end));
return ans;
}
}