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Problem Challenge 1: Next Interval (hard)
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Given an array of intervals, find the next interval of each interval. In a list of intervals, for an interval ‘i’ its next interval ‘j’ will have the smallest ‘start’ greater than or equal to the ‘end’ of ‘i’.

Write a function to return an array containing indices of the next interval of each input interval. If there is no next interval of a given interval, return -1. It is given that none of the intervals have the same start point.

Example 1:

Input: Intervals [[2,3], [3,4], [5,6]]  
Output: [1, 2, -1]  
Explanation: The next interval of [2,3] is [3,4] having index ‘1’. Similarly, the next interval of [3,4] is [5,6] having index ‘2’. There is no next interval for [5,6] hence we have ‘-1’.

Example 2:

Input: Intervals [[3,4], [1,5], [4,6]]  
Output: [2, -1, -1]  
Explanation: The next interval of [3,4] is [4,6] which has index ‘2’. There is no next interval for [1,5] and [4,6].

Constraints:

  • 1 <= intervals.length <= 2 * 10<sup>4</sup>
  • intervals[i].length == 2
  • -10<sup>6</sup> <= starti <= endi <= 10<sup>6</sup>
  • The start point of each interval is unique.

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