built in function for computing overlap in Python

Question

is there a built in function to compute the overlap between two discrete intervals, e.g. the overlap between [10, 15] and [20, 38]? In that case the overlap is 0. If it\'s

Answer 1

Check out pyinterval http://code.google.com/p/pyinterval/

import interval
x=interval.interval[10, 15]
y=interval.interval[20, 38]
z=interval.interval[12,18]

print(x & y)
# interval()
print(x & z)
# interval([12.0, 15.0])