合并有序链表（Java）

合并两个有序链表

参考：《剑指offer》系列 合并两个排序的链表（Java）

合并K个有序链表

23. 合并K个升序链表
非递归

class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        if (lists.length == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        int k = lists.length;
        while (k > 1) {
            int idx = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < k; i += 2) {
                if (i == k - 1) {
                    lists[idx++] = lists[i];
                } else {
                    lists[idx++] = merge2Lists(lists[i], lists[i + 1]);
                }
            }
            k = idx;
        }
        return lists[0];
    }

    private ListNode merge2Lists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        if (l1 == null) {
            return l2;
        }
        if (l2 == null) {
            return l1;
        }
        if (l1.val < l2.val) {
            l1.next = merge2Lists(l1.next, l2);
            return l1;
        }
        l2.next = merge2Lists(l1, l2.next);
        return l2;
    }
}

递归

class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        if (lists.length == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        return merge(lists, 0, lists.length - 1);
    }

    private ListNode merge(ListNode[] lists, int lo, int hi) {
        if (lo == hi) {
            return lists[lo];
        }
        int mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
        ListNode l1 = merge(lists, lo, mid);
        ListNode l2 = merge(lists, mid + 1, hi);
        return merge2Lists(l1, l2);
    }

    private ListNode merge2Lists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        if (l1 == null) {
            return l2;
        }
        if (l2 == null) {
            return l1;
        }
        if (l1.val < l2.val) {
            l1.next = merge2Lists(l1.next, l2);
            return l1;
        }
        l2.next = merge2Lists(l1, l2.next);
        return l2;
    }
}