链表的使用以及递归的用法
Merge k sorted linked lists and return it as one sorted list. Analyze and describe its complexity.
Wrong answer:
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public ListNode merge2Lists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2){
if(l1 == null) return l2;
if(l2 == null) return l1;
if(l1.val <= l2.val){
merge2Lists(l1.next, l2);
return l1;
}else{
merge2Lists(l1, l2.next);
return l2;
}
}
public ListNode merge(ListNode[] lists, int left, int right){
if(left == right)
return lists[right];
else if(left < right){
int mid = (left + right) / 2;
ListNode l1 = merge(lists, left, mid);
ListNode l2 = merge(lists, mid + 1, right);
return merge2Lists(l1, l2);
}else return null;
}
public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
ListNode ans = merge(lists, 0, lists.length - 1);
return ans;
}
}
Correct:
public class Solution {
public 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;
}else{
l2.next = merge2Lists(l1, l2.next);
return l2;
}
}
public ListNode merge(ListNode[] lists, int left, int right){
if(left == right)
return lists[right];
else if(left < right){
int mid = (left + right) / 2;
ListNode l1 = merge(lists, left, mid);
ListNode l2 = merge(lists, mid + 1, right);
return merge2Lists(l1, l2);
}else return null;
}
public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
ListNode ans = merge(lists, 0, lists.length - 1);
return ans;
}
}