missing_range

#coding:utf-8
'''
Created on 2017-9-21

@author: 劉帥
'''
## find missing ranges between low and high in the given array.
# ex) [3, 5] lo=1 hi=10 => answer: [1->2, 4, 6->10]
def missing_ranges(nums,lo,hi):
    res = []
    start = lo
    for num in nums:
        if num < start:
            continue
        if num == start:
            start += 1
            continue
        res.append(get_range(start,num - 1))
        start = num + 1
    if start <= hi:
        res.append(get_range(start,hi))
    return res

def get_range(n1,n2):
    if n1 == n2:
        return str(n1)
    else:
        return str(n1) + "->" + str(n2)

nums = [3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19]
print("original:", nums)
print("missing range: ", missing_ranges(nums,0,30))