23. Merge k Sorted Lists

难度: Hard

题目描述

You are given an array of k linked-lists lists, each linked-list is sorted in ascending order.

Merge all the linked-lists into one sorted linked-list and return it.

 

Example 1:

Input: lists = [[1,4,5],[1,3,4],[2,6]]
Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6]
Explanation: The linked-lists are:
[
  1->4->5,
  1->3->4,
  2->6
]
merging them into one sorted linked list:
1->1->2->3->4->4->5->6

Example 2:

Input: lists = []
Output: []

Example 3:

Input: lists = [[]]
Output: []

 

Constraints:

• k == lists.length
• 0 <= k <= 104
• 0 <= lists[i].length <= 500
• -104 <= lists[i][j] <= 104
• lists[i] is sorted in ascending order.
• The sum of lists[i].length will not exceed 104.

解题思路

代码实现

解决方案

java

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode() {}
 *     ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        if (lists == null || lists.length == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        if (lists.length == 1) {
            return lists[0];
        }
        ListNode first = lists[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < lists.length; i++) {
            ListNode second = lists[i];
            first = mergeTwoLists(first, second);
        }

        return first;

    }

    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode list1, ListNode list2) {
        ListNode prehead = new ListNode(-1);
        ListNode prev = prehead;
        while (list1 != null && list2 != null) {
            if (list1.val < list2.val) {
                prev.next = list1;
                list1 = list1.next;
            } else {
                prev.next = list2;
                list2 = list2.next;
            }
            prev = prev.next;
        }
        prev.next = list1 == null ? list2 : list1;
        return prehead.next;

    }
}