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Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-83: Merge Overlapping Intervals

Daily JavaScript Challenge: Merge Overlapping Intervals

Hey fellow developers! πŸ‘‹ Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!

The Challenge

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Array Manipulation

Description

Given an array of intervals where each interval is represented by a pair of numbers [start, end], merge all overlapping intervals and return an array of the non-overlapping intervals sorted by their start position. Each interval is closed, meaning [start, end] includes both start and end.

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  2. Write your solution
  3. Test it against the provided test cases
  4. Share your approach in the comments below!

Want to Learn More?

Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort

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  • How did you approach this problem?
  • Did you find any interesting edge cases?
  • What was your biggest learning from this challenge?

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