[leetcode] 56. Merge Intervals

Question

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.

 

class Solution:
    def merge(self, intervals: List[List[int]]) -> List[List[int]]:

        intervals.sort(key=lambda x: x[0])

        merged = []
        for interval in intervals:
            # if the list of merged intervals is empty or if the current
            # interval does not overlap with the previous, simply append it.
            if not merged or merged[-1][1] < interval[0]:
                merged.append(interval)
            else:
            # otherwise, there is overlap, so we merge the current and previous
            # intervals.
                merged[-1][1] = max(merged[-1][1], interval[1])

        return merged