subtree(users/wpcarro): docking briefcase at '24f5a642'

git-subtree-dir: users/wpcarro
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git-subtree-split: 24f5a642af
Change-Id: I6105b3762b79126b3488359c95978cadb3efa789

users/wpcarro/scratch/facebook/merging-ranges.py

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+
+def merge(xs):
+    xs.sort()
+    result = xs[0:1]
+    for a, b in xs[1:]:
+        y, z = result[-1]
+        if a <= z:
+            result[-1] = (y, max(b, z))
+        else:
+            result.append((a, b))
+    return result
+
+inputs = [([(0,1),(3,5),(4,8),(10,12),(9,10)], [(0,1),(3,8),(9,12)]),
+          ([(1,2),(2,3)], [(1,3)]),
+          ([(1,5),(2,3)], [(1,5)]),
+          ([(1,10),(2,6),(3,5),(7,9)], [(1,10)]),
+          ]
+for x, expected in inputs:
+    result = merge(x)
+    print(x)
+    print(result)
+    assert result == expected
+    print("Success!")