class Solution { public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) { if (lists == null || lists.length == 0) return null; return merge(lists, 0, lists.length - 1); }
private ListNode merge(ListNode[] lists, int left, int right) {
if (left == right) return lists[left];
int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
ListNode l1 = merge(lists, left, mid);
ListNode l2 = merge(lists, mid + 1, right);
return mergeTwoLists(l1, l2);
}
private ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
if (l1 == null) return l2;
if (l2 == null) return l1;
if (l1.val < l2.val) {
l1.next = mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2);
return l1;
} else {
l2.next = mergeTwoLists(l1,l2.next);
return l2;
}
}
}