- Difficulty: Medium
- Tags: LeetCode, Medium, Array, leetcode-1272, Greedy, O(n), O(1), Line Sweep
Problem
A set of real numbers can be represented as the union of several disjoint intervals, where each interval is in the form [a, b)
. A real number x
is in the set if one of its intervals [a, b)
contains x
(i.e. a <= x < b
).
You are given a sorted list of disjoint intervals intervals
representing a set of real numbers as described above, where intervals[i] = [ai, bi]
represents the interval [ai, bi)
. You are also given another interval toBeRemoved
.
Return the set of real numbers with the interval toBeRemoved
removed from intervals
. In other words, return the set of real numbers such that every x
in the set is in intervals
but not in toBeRemoved
. Your answer should be a sorted list of disjoint intervals as described above.
Example 1:
Input: intervals = [[0,2],[3,4],[5,7]], toBeRemoved = [1,6] Output: [[0,1],[6,7]]
Example 2:
Input: intervals = [[0,5]], toBeRemoved = [2,3] Output: [[0,2],[3,5]]
Example 3:
Input: intervals = [[-5,-4],[-3,-2],[1,2],[3,5],[8,9]], toBeRemoved = [-1,4] Output: [[-5,-4],[-3,-2],[4,5],[8,9]]
Constraints:
1 <= intervals.length <= 104
-109 <= ai < bi <= 109