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435. Non-overlapping Intervals 👍

  • Time: $O(\texttt{sort})$
  • Space: $O(\texttt{sort})$
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class Solution {
 public:
  int eraseOverlapIntervals(vector<vector<int>>& intervals) {
    if (intervals.empty())
      return 0;

    ranges::sort(intervals,
                 [](const auto& a, const auto& b) { return a[1] < b[1]; });

    int ans = 0;
    int currentEnd = intervals[0][1];

    for (int i = 1; i < intervals.size(); ++i)
      if (intervals[i][0] >= currentEnd)
        currentEnd = intervals[i][1];
      else
        ++ans;

    return ans;
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int eraseOverlapIntervals(int[][] intervals) {
    if (intervals.length == 0)
      return 0;

    Arrays.sort(intervals, (a, b) -> Integer.compare(a[1], b[1]));

    int ans = 0;
    int currentEnd = intervals[0][1];

    for (int i = 1; i < intervals.length; ++i)
      if (intervals[i][0] >= currentEnd)
        currentEnd = intervals[i][1];
      else
        ++ans;

    return ans;
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def eraseOverlapIntervals(self, intervals: list[list[int]]) -> int:
    ans = 0
    currentEnd = -math.inf

    for interval in sorted(intervals, key=lambda x: x[1]):
      if interval[0] >= currentEnd:
        currentEnd = interval[1]
      else:
        ans += 1

    return ans