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]
.
# Definition for an interval.
# class Interval(object):
# def __init__(self, s=0, e=0):
# self.start = s
# self.end = e
class Solution(object):
def insert(self, intervals, newInterval):
"""
:type intervals: List[Interval]
:type newInterval: Interval
:rtype: List[Interval]
"""
intervals.append(newInterval)
if len(intervals) < 2:
return intervals
intervals.sort(key = lambda x:x.start)
ret = []
ret.append(intervals[0])
for x in xrange(1,len(intervals)):
y = len(ret) - 1
if intervals[x].start <= ret[y].end:
ret[y].end = max(ret[y].end, intervals[x].end)
elif newInterval.end < intervals[x].start:
ret.extend(intervals[x:])
break
else:
ret.append(intervals[x])
return ret