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The Silent Highway

A highway is L kilometers long (from 0 to L). There are N radio stations, each covering a specific range [start, end]. Your task is to find the length of the longest stretch of highway that is not covered by any radio station. A gap can occur at the beginning (before the first station), between stations, or at the end (after the last station). Input Format: - The first line contains N (number of stations). - The second line contains L (highway length). - The next N lines each contain two integers, 'start' and 'end'. Output Format: - A single integer representing the length of the longest uncovered gap. Example: Input: 2 10 0 2 5 8 Output: 3 (Explanation: Gaps are [2, 5] length 3 and [8, 10] length 2. Max is 3.)

Key concepts

interval merginggap analysis

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