算法系列——合并K个升序链表

题目

题目链接：leetcode-cn.com/problems/me…

给你一个链表数组，每个链表都已经按升序排列。
请你将所有链表合并到一个升序链表中，返回合并后的链表

思路

分治法 子问题为合并两个升序链表；

代码

/**
 * 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) {
       return merge(lists,0,lists.length-1); 
    }

    public ListNode merge(ListNode[] lists, int l, int r) {
        if (l == r) {
            return lists[l];
        }
        if (l > r) {
            return null;
        }
        int mid = (l + r) >> 1;
        return mergeTwoLists(merge(lists, l, mid), merge(lists, mid + 1, r));
    }

    public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode a, ListNode b) {
        if (a == null || b == null) {
            return a != null ? a : b;
        }
        ListNode head = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode tail = head, aPtr = a, bPtr = b;
        while (aPtr != null && bPtr != null) {
            if (aPtr.val < bPtr.val) {
                tail.next = aPtr;
                aPtr = aPtr.next;
            } else {
                tail.next = bPtr;
                bPtr = bPtr.next;
            }
            tail = tail.next;
        }
        tail.next = (aPtr != null ? aPtr : bPtr);
        return head.next;
    }
}