1. problem description
Given two sorted integer arrays nums1 and nums2, merge nums2 into nums1 as one sorted array.
Note:
- The number of elements initialized in nums1 and nums2 are m and n respectively.
- You may assume that nums1 has enough space (size that is greater or equal to m + n) to hold additional elements from nums2.
Example:
Input:
nums1 = [1,2,3,0,0,0], m = 3
nums2 = [2,5,6], n = 3
Output: [1,2,2,3,5,6]
2. solution
This code relies on the simple observation that once all of the numbers from nums2 have been merged into nums1, the rest of the numbers in nums1 that were not moved are already in the correct place.
class Solution {
public:
void merge(vector<int>& nums1, int m, vector<int>& nums2, int n) {
int i = m - 1, j = n - 1, tar = m + n - 1;
while (j >= 0) {
nums1[tar--] = i >= 0 && nums1[i] > nums2[j] ? nums1[i--] : nums2[j--];
}
}
};