Movie Festival
Key Idea: Greedy interval scheduling: sort by end time and take a movie whenever it starts after the last one ends.
Solution
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//author: von_Braun
#define ll long long
#define lli long long int
#define pb push_back
#define rep(var, start, num) for(ulli var = start; var <start + num; var++)
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define ulli unsigned long long int
#define ull unsigned long long
bool sortbysec(const pair<ll,ll> &a,const pair<ll,ll> &b) { return (a.second < b.second); }
void solve() {
int n;
cin>>n;
vector<pair<int,int>> mov(n);
rep(i,0,n) {
cin>>mov[i].second>>mov[i].first;
}
sort(all(mov));
int cnt{0};
int etime{-1};
rep(i,0,n) {
if (mov[i].second >= etime) {cnt++; etime=mov[i].first;}
}
cout<<cnt<<endl;
}
int main() {
//add quotes incase input output file
//freopen(input.txt,r,stdin);
//freopen(output.txt,w,stdout);
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int tc = 1;
// cin >> tc;
for (int t = 1; t <= tc; t++) {
solve();
}
}