986 - Interval List Intersections
    Written on January 18, 2020
    
    
    
    
    
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  Given two lists of closed intervals, each list of intervals is pairwise disjoint and in sorted order. Return the intersection of these two interval lists. (Formally, a closed interval [a, b] (with a <= b) denotes the set of real numbers x with a <= x <= b. The intersection of two closed intervals is a set of real numbers that is either empty, or can be represented as a closed interval. For example, the intersection of [1, 3] and [2, 4] is [2, 3].)
class Solution:
    def intervalIntersection(self, A: List[List[int]], B: List[List[int]]) -> List[List[int]]:
        if not A or not B:
            return []
        i = j = 0
        ret = []
        while i < len(A) and j < len(B):
            if A[i][1] < B[j][0]:
                i += 1
            elif B[j][1] < A[i][0]:
                j += 1
            else:
                ret.append([max(A[i][0], B[j][0]), min(A[i][1], B[j][1])])
                if A[i][1] > B[j][1]:
                    j += 1
                else:
                    i += 1
        return ret