Coding Interview: Leetcode 729 My Calendar

Marika Lam

·

Follow

2 min read

·

Nov 21, 2024

--

Share

var MyCalendar = function() {
    this.calendar = [];
};

/** 
 * @param {number} newMeetingStart 
 * @param {number} newMeetingEnd
 * @return {boolean}
 */
MyCalendar.prototype.book = function(newMeetingStart, newMeetingEnd) {
    for (let i=0; i<this.calendar.length; i++){
        const meeting = this.calendar[i];
        const existingMeetingStart = meeting[0];
        const existingMeetingEnd = meeting[1];

        //Scenario 1
        //start time of new meeting is <  start time of existing meeting
        //end time of new meeting is > start time of existing meeting
        if (newMeetingStart < existingMeetingStart && newMeetingEnd > existingMeetingStart){
            return false;
        }

        //Scenario 2
        //start time of new meeting is == start time of existing meeting
        else if (newMeetingStart == existingMeetingStart){
            return false;
        }

        //Scenario 3
        //start time of new meeting is > start time of existing meeting
        //start time of new meeting is < end time of existing meeting
        else if (newMeetingStart > existingMeetingStart && newMeetingStart < existingMeetingEnd){
            return false;
        }
    }
    this.calendar.push([newMeetingStart, newMeetingEnd]);
    return true;
};

/** 
 * Your MyCalendar object will be instantiated and called as such:
 * var obj = new MyCalendar()
 * var param_1 =…