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Merge Intervals
Pairwise merging feels natural until one merge creates a new overlap with a third interval. Then the bookkeeping branches, earlier comparisons become…
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Merge Intervals
Sort intervals and maintain a current merged range while combining overlapping or adjacent regions into a compact result.
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Problems in Merge Intervals
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