题目大意

给出多个不重合的数据区段,现在插入一个数据区段,有重合的区段要进行合并。

注意点:
所给的区段已经按照起始位置进行排序

解题思路

来自:https://shenjie1993.gitbooks.io/leetcode-python/057%20Insert%20Interval.html
最简单的方式就是复用 Merge Intervals 的方法,只需先将新的数据区段加入集合即可,但这样效率不高。既然原来的数据段是有序且不重合的,那么我们只需要找到哪些数据段与新的数据段重合,把这些数据段合并,并加上它左右的数据段即可。

代码

复用Merge Intervals

class Solution(object):
    def insert(self, intervals, newInterval):
        """ :type intervals: List[Interval] :type newInterval: Interval :rtype: List[Interval] """
        result = []
        if not intervals:
            return [newInterval]
        intervals.append(newInterval)
        intervals.sort(key = lambda x: x.start)
        result.append(intervals[0])
        for interval in intervals[1:]:
            prev = result[-1]
            if prev.end >= interval.start:
                prev.end = max(prev.end, interval.end)
            else:
                result.append(interval)
        return result

独立解法(效率较高)

# 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] """
        start, end = newInterval.start, newInterval.end
        left = list(filter(lambda x: x.end < start, intervals))
        right = list(filter(lambda x: x.start > end, intervals))
        print left, right
        if len(left) + len(right) != len(intervals):  # 如果左边和右边的数量相加不等于原数量,说明新区间与某个老区间有交叉,则需要合并
            start = min(start, intervals[len(left)].start)  # len(left)是分开后左边区间的后面一个
            end = max(end, intervals[-len(right) - 1].end)  # -len(right) - 1是分开后右边区间的前面一个

        return left + [Interval(start, end)] + right  # Interval是区间类,新建一个区间类

总结

关于filter,list(filter(lambda x: x.end < start, intervals)),请看:
http://blog.csdn.net/shark0001/article/details/1363564