Create merge intervals

Author: jen-sjen

Arrays/Merge Intervals

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+# Given an array of intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], 
+# merge all overlapping intervals, and return an array of the non-overlapping intervals that cover all the intervals in the input.
+
+def merge(intervals):
+        if intervals==[]:
+            return []
+        result=[]
+        intervals.sort()
+        for interval in intervals:
+            if result==[] or result[-1][1]<interval[0]:
+                result.append(interval)
+            else:
+                result[-1][1]=max(result[-1][1],interval[1])
+        return result
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    intervals=[[1,3],[2,5]]
+    print(merge(intervals))