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| 1 | +Given a list of intervals, remove all intervals that are covered by another interval in the list. |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Interval [a,b) is covered by interval [c,d) if and only if c <= a and b <= d. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +After doing so, return the number of remaining intervals. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +Example 1: |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Input: intervals = [[1,4],[3,6],[2,8]] |
| 12 | +Output: 2 |
| 13 | +Explanation: Interval [3,6] is covered by [2,8], therefore it is removed. |
| 14 | +Example 2: |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Input: intervals = [[1,4],[2,3]] |
| 17 | +Output: 1 |
| 18 | +Example 3: |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +Input: intervals = [[0,10],[5,12]] |
| 21 | +Output: 2 |
| 22 | +Example 4: |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Input: intervals = [[3,10],[4,10],[5,11]] |
| 25 | +Output: 2 |
| 26 | +Example 5: |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Input: intervals = [[1,2],[1,4],[3,4]] |
| 29 | +Output: 1 |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Constraints: |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +1 <= intervals.length <= 1000 |
| 35 | +intervals[i].length == 2 |
| 36 | +0 <= intervals[i][0] < intervals[i][1] <= 10^5 |
| 37 | +All the intervals are unique. |
| 38 | + Show Hint #1 |
| 39 | + Hide Hint #2 |
| 40 | +Compare each interval to all others and check if it is covered by any interval. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +class Solution { |
| 49 | +public: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + static bool comp(vector<int> a, vector<int> b){ |
| 52 | + if(a[0]==b[0]) |
| 53 | + return a[1]>b[1]; |
| 54 | + return a[0]<b[0]; |
| 55 | + } |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + int removeCoveredIntervals(vector<vector<int>>& intervals) { |
| 58 | + sort(intervals.begin(), intervals.end(), comp); |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + int n=intervals.size(); |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + int cnt=0; |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | + int start=intervals[0][0], end=intervals[0][1]; |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + for(int i=1;i<n;i++){ |
| 67 | + if(intervals[i][0]>=start && intervals[i][1]<=end){ |
| 68 | + cnt++; |
| 69 | + start=min(start, intervals[i][0]); |
| 70 | + end=max(end, intervals[i][1]); |
| 71 | + } else { |
| 72 | + start=intervals[i][0]; |
| 73 | + end=intervals[i][1]; |
| 74 | + } |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | + } |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + return n-cnt; |
| 79 | + } |
| 80 | +}; |
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