Maximal set of overlapping intervals | {Coding Question}

Given a collection of intervals, return a maximal set of non-overlapping intervals while prioritizing the longer intervals.

SValakatte
Oct 18, 2022

input — (1,5),(2,7),(11,18)
output — (11, 18), (2, 7)

In the given example, (1,5) and (2,7) are overlapping intervals and while choosing between the two, (2,7) is chosen as 7–2 > 5–1.

Time complexity: O(N logN)
Space Complexity: O(N)

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