Merge Intervals

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Domain

Python

Difficulty

hard

Seniority

L5

Problem

Given a list of [start, end] intervals, merge any that overlap or are adjacent. Return the merged list sorted by start ascending. Adjacent means end of one equals start of the next.

Summary

Overlapping ranges. Merge them.

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