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435. Non-overlapping Intervals

Description

Given an array of intervals intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], return the minimum number of intervals you need to remove to make the rest of the intervals non-overlapping.

Note that intervals which only touch at a point are non-overlapping. For example, [1, 2] and [2, 3] are non-overlapping.

 

Example 1:

Input: intervals = [[1,2],[2,3],[3,4],[1,3]]
Output: 1
Explanation: [1,3] can be removed and the rest of the intervals are non-overlapping.

Example 2:

Input: intervals = [[1,2],[1,2],[1,2]]
Output: 2
Explanation: You need to remove two [1,2] to make the rest of the intervals non-overlapping.

Example 3:

Input: intervals = [[1,2],[2,3]]
Output: 0
Explanation: You don't need to remove any of the intervals since they're already non-overlapping.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= intervals.length <= 105
  • intervals[i].length == 2
  • -5 * 104 <= starti < endi <= 5 * 104

Solutions

Solution 1

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class Solution:
    def eraseOverlapIntervals(self, intervals: List[List[int]]) -> int:
        intervals.sort(key=lambda x: x[1])
        ans, t = 0, intervals[0][1]
        for s, e in intervals[1:]:
            if s >= t:
                t = e
            else:
                ans += 1
        return ans
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class Solution {
    public int eraseOverlapIntervals(int[][] intervals) {
        Arrays.sort(intervals, Comparator.comparingInt(a -> a[1]));
        int t = intervals[0][1], ans = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < intervals.length; ++i) {
            if (intervals[i][0] >= t) {
                t = intervals[i][1];
            } else {
                ++ans;
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
}
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class Solution {
public:
    int eraseOverlapIntervals(vector<vector<int>>& intervals) {
        sort(intervals.begin(), intervals.end(), [](const auto& a, const auto& b) { return a[1] < b[1]; });
        int ans = 0, t = intervals[0][1];
        for (int i = 1; i < intervals.size(); ++i) {
            if (t <= intervals[i][0])
                t = intervals[i][1];
            else
                ++ans;
        }
        return ans;
    }
};
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func eraseOverlapIntervals(intervals [][]int) int {
    sort.Slice(intervals, func(i, j int) bool {
        return intervals[i][1] < intervals[j][1]
    })
    t, ans := intervals[0][1], 0
    for i := 1; i < len(intervals); i++ {
        if intervals[i][0] >= t {
            t = intervals[i][1]
        } else {
            ans++
        }
    }
    return ans
}
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function eraseOverlapIntervals(intervals: number[][]): number {
    intervals.sort((a, b) => a[1] - b[1]);
    let end = intervals[0][1],
        ans = 0;
    for (let i = 1; i < intervals.length; ++i) {
        let cur = intervals[i];
        if (end > cur[0]) {
            ans++;
        } else {
            end = cur[1];
        }
    }
    return ans;
}

Solution 2

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