3、字符串
3.1 基本概念
(1)回文
(2)字串(连续)
(3)子序列(不连续)
(4)前缀树(trie树)
(5)后缀树和后缀数组
(6)匹配
(7)字典序
3.2 字符串匹配
3.2.1 暴力匹配
public class BF {
public int bf(String s1,String s2){
int i=0;
int j=0;
while (i<s1.length()&&j<s2.length()){
if (s1.charAt(i)==s2.charAt(j)){
i++;
j++;
}
else {
i = i - j + 1; //查询字串向前移动,然后从i-j+1处重新匹配
j=0;
}
}
if (j==s2.length()){
return i-j; //返回索引为i-j
}
else {
return -1;
}
}
}
3.2.2 KMP 算法
public class KMP {
/**
* KMP算法匹配问题
* @param s1 主串
* @param s2 模式串
*/
public int kmp(String s1,String s2){
char[] strings1 = s1.toCharArray();
char[] strings2 = s2.toCharArray();
int i=0;
int j=0;
int[] next=getNext2(s2);
while (i<s1.length()&&j<s2.length()){
if (j==-1||strings1[i]==strings2[j]){
i++;
j++;
}
else {
j=next[j]; // KMP算法的核心就是i不回退,j回退,j回退的位置为next[j]
}
}
if (j==s2.length()){
return i-j;
}
else {
return -1;
}
}
int[] getNext(String s){
char[] p = s.toCharArray();
int[] next=new int[p.length];
next[0]=-1;
int l=0;
int k=-1;
while (l<p.length-1){
if (k==-1||p[l]==p[k]){
if (p[++l]==p[++k]){
next[l]=next[k];
}
else {
next[l]=k;
}
}
else {
k=next[k];
}
}
return next;
}
int[] getNext2(String s){
int[] next=new int[s.length()];
next[0]=-1;
int k=-1;
int j=0;
while(j<s.length()-1){
if (k==-1||s.charAt(j)==s.charAt(k)){
j++;
k++;
next[j]=k;
}
else {
k=next[k];
}
}
return next;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s1="ABCABCDHG";
String s2="ABCABB";
KMP kmp=new KMP();
int match = kmp.kmp(s1, s2);
System.out.println(match);
}
}
经典题目源码
最长公共前缀
(1) 横向扫描
class Solution {
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
if (strs == null || strs.length == 0) {
return "";
}
String prefix = strs[0];
int count = strs.length;
for (int i = 1; i < count; i++) {
prefix = longestCommonPrefix(prefix, strs[i]);
if (prefix.length() == 0) {
break;
}
}
return prefix;
}
public String longestCommonPrefix(String str1, String str2) {
int length = Math.min(str1.length(), str2.length());
int index = 0;
while (index < length && str1.charAt(index) == str2.charAt(index)) {
index++;
}
return str1.substring(0, index);
}
}
(2) 纵向扫描
class Solution {
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
if (strs == null || strs.length == 0) {
return "";
}
int length = strs[0].length();
int count = strs.length;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
char c = strs[0].charAt(i);
for (int j = 1; j < count; j++) {
if (i == strs[j].length() || strs[j].charAt(i) != c) {
return strs[0].substring(0, i);
}
}
}
return strs[0];
}
}
(3) 分治
class Solution {
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
if (strs == null || strs.length == 0) {
return "";
} else {
return longestCommonPrefix(strs, 0, strs.length - 1);
}
}
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs, int start, int end) {
if (start == end) {
return strs[start];
} else {
int mid = (end - start) / 2 + start;
String lcpLeft = longestCommonPrefix(strs, start, mid);
String lcpRight = longestCommonPrefix(strs, mid + 1, end);
return commonPrefix(lcpLeft, lcpRight);
}
}
public String commonPrefix(String lcpLeft, String lcpRight) {
int minLength = Math.min(lcpLeft.length(), lcpRight.length());
for (int i = 0; i < minLength; i++) {
if (lcpLeft.charAt(i) != lcpRight.charAt(i)) {
return lcpLeft.substring(0, i);
}
}
return lcpLeft.substring(0, minLength);
}
}
(4) 二分查找
class Solution {
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
if (strs == null || strs.length == 0) {
return "";
}
int minLength = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
for (String str : strs) {
minLength = Math.min(minLength, str.length());
}
int low = 0, high = minLength;
while (low < high) {
int mid = (high - low + 1) / 2 + low;
if (isCommonPrefix(strs, mid)) {
low = mid;
} else {
high = mid - 1;
}
}
return strs[0].substring(0, low);
}
public boolean isCommonPrefix(String[] strs, int length) {
String str0 = strs[0].substring(0, length);
int count = strs.length;
for (int i = 1; i < count; i++) {
String str = strs[i];
for (int j = 0; j < length; j++) {
if (str0.charAt(j) != str.charAt(j)) {
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
}
最长回文子串
(1) 动态规划
class Solution {
public String longestPalindrome(String s) {
int n = s.length();
boolean[][] dp = new boolean[n][n];
String ans = "";
for (int l = 0; l < n; ++l) {
for (int i = 0; i + l < n; ++i) {
int j = i + l;
if (l == 0) {
dp[i][j] = true;
} else if (l == 1) {
dp[i][j] = (s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(j));
} else {
dp[i][j] = (s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(j) && dp[i + 1][j - 1]);
}
if (dp[i][j] && l + 1 > ans.length()) {
ans = s.substring(i, i + l + 1);
}
}
}
return ans;
}
}
public static String longestPalindromedp(String s) {
if (s.isEmpty()) {
return s;
}
int n = s.length();
boolean[][] dp = new boolean[n][n];
int left = 0;
int right = 0;
for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
dp[i][i] = true;
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
dp[i][j] = s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(j) &&( j-i<3||dp[i+1][j-1]);//小于3是因为aba一定是回文
if(dp[i][j]&&right-left<j-i){
left=i;
right=j;
}
}
}
return s.substring(left,right+1);
}
(2) 中心扩展算法
class Solution {
public String longestPalindrome(String s) {
if (s == null || s.length() < 1) {
return "";
}
int start = 0, end = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
int len1 = expandAroundCenter(s, i, i);
int len2 = expandAroundCenter(s, i, i + 1);
int len = Math.max(len1, len2);
if (len > end - start) {
start = i - (len - 1) / 2;
end = i + len / 2;
}
}
return s.substring(start, end + 1);
}
public int expandAroundCenter(String s, int left, int right) {
while (left >= 0 && right < s.length() && s.charAt(left) == s.charAt(right)) {
--left;
++right;
}
return right - left - 1;
}
}
最长回文子序列
class Solution {
public int longestPalindromeSubseq(String s) {
int n = s.length();
int[][] f = new int[n][n];
for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
f[i][i] = 1;
for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
if (s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(j)) {
f[i][j] = f[i + 1][j - 1] + 2;
} else {
f[i][j] = Math.max(f[i + 1][j], f[i][j - 1]);
}
}
}
return f[0][n - 1];
}
}
最小覆盖子串
滑动窗口
class Solution {
Map<Character, Integer> ori = new HashMap<Character, Integer>();
Map<Character, Integer> cnt = new HashMap<Character, Integer>();
public String minWindow(String s, String t) {
int tLen = t.length();
for (int i = 0; i < tLen; i++) {
char c = t.charAt(i);
ori.put(c, ori.getOrDefault(c, 0) + 1);
}
int l = 0, r = -1;
int len = Integer.MAX_VALUE, ansL = -1, ansR = -1;
int sLen = s.length();
while (r < sLen) {
++r;
if (r < sLen && ori.containsKey(s.charAt(r))) {
cnt.put(s.charAt(r), cnt.getOrDefault(s.charAt(r), 0) + 1);
}
while (check() && l <= r) {
if (r - l + 1 < len) {
len = r - l + 1;
ansL = l;
ansR = l + len;
}
if (ori.containsKey(s.charAt(l))) {
cnt.put(s.charAt(l), cnt.getOrDefault(s.charAt(l), 0) - 1);
}
++l;
}
}
return ansL == -1 ? "" : s.substring(ansL, ansR);
}
public boolean check() {
Iterator iter = ori.entrySet().iterator();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) iter.next();
Character key = (Character) entry.getKey();
Integer val = (Integer) entry.getValue();
if (cnt.getOrDefault(key, 0) < val) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
无重复字符的最长子串
滑动窗口
class Solution {
public int lengthOfLongestSubstring(String s) {
// 哈希集合,记录每个字符是否出现过
Set<Character> occ = new HashSet<Character>();
int n = s.length();
// 右指针,初始值为 -1,相当于我们在字符串的左边界的左侧,还没有开始移动
int rk = -1, ans = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
if (i != 0) {
// 左指针向右移动一格,移除一个字符
occ.remove(s.charAt(i - 1));
}
while (rk + 1 < n && !occ.contains(s.charAt(rk + 1))) {
// 不断地移动右指针
occ.add(s.charAt(rk + 1));
++rk;
}
// 第 i 到 rk 个字符是一个极长的无重复字符子串
ans = Math.max(ans, rk - i + 1);
}
return ans;
}
}
实现 strStr()
方法一:子串逐一比较 - 线性时间复杂度
class Solution {
public int strStr(String haystack, String needle) {
int L = needle.length(), n = haystack.length();
for (int start = 0; start < n - L + 1; ++start) {
if (haystack.substring(start, start + L).equals(needle)) {
return start;
}
}
return -1;
}
}
方法二:双指针 - 线性时间复杂度
class Solution {
public int strStr(String haystack, String needle) {
int L = needle.length(), n = haystack.length();
if (L == 0) return 0;
int pn = 0;
while (pn < n - L + 1) {
// find the position of the first needle character
// in the haystack string
while (pn < n - L + 1 && haystack.charAt(pn) != needle.charAt(0)) ++pn;
// compute the max match string
int currLen = 0, pL = 0;
while (pL < L && pn < n && haystack.charAt(pn) == needle.charAt(pL)) {
++pn;
++pL;
++currLen;
}
// if the whole needle string is found,
// return its start position
if (currLen == L) return pn - L;
// otherwise, backtrack
pn = pn - currLen + 1;
}
return -1;
}
}
计算器
class Solution {
public int calculate(String s) {
char[] cs = s.trim().toCharArray();
Stack<Integer> st = new Stack();
int ans = 0, i = 0;
while(i < cs.length){
if(cs[i] == ' ') {i++;continue;}
char tmp = cs[i];
if(tmp == '*' || tmp == '/' || tmp == '+' || tmp == '-'){
i++;
while(i < cs.length && cs[i] == ' ') i++;
}
int num = 0;
while(i < cs.length && Character.isDigit(cs[i])){
num = num * 10 + cs[i] - '0';
i++;
}
switch(tmp){
case '-':
num = -num;
break;
case '*':
num = st.pop() * num;
break;
case '/':
num = st.pop() / num;
break;
default:
break;
}
st.push(num);
}
while(!st.isEmpty()) ans += st.pop();
return ans;
}
}
最长有效括号
方法一:动态规划
public class Solution {
public int longestValidParentheses(String s) {
int maxans = 0;
int[] dp = new int[s.length()];
for (int i = 1; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (s.charAt(i) == ')') {
if (s.charAt(i - 1) == '(') {
dp[i] = (i >= 2 ? dp[i - 2] : 0) + 2;
} else if (i - dp[i - 1] > 0 && s.charAt(i - dp[i - 1] - 1) == '(') {
dp[i] = dp[i - 1] + ((i - dp[i - 1]) >= 2 ? dp[i - dp[i - 1] - 2] : 0) + 2;
}
maxans = Math.max(maxans, dp[i]);
}
}
return maxans;
}
}
方法二:栈
public class Solution {
public int longestValidParentheses(String s) {
int maxans = 0;
Deque<Integer> stack = new LinkedList<Integer>();
stack.push(-1);
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (s.charAt(i) == '(') {
stack.push(i);
} else {
stack.pop();
if (stack.empty()) {
stack.push(i);
} else {
maxans = Math.max(maxans, i - stack.peek());
}
}
}
return maxans;
}
}
方法三:不需要额外的空间
public class Solution {
public int longestValidParentheses(String s) {
int left = 0, right = 0, maxlength = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (s.charAt(i) == '(') {
left++;
} else {
right++;
}
if (left == right) {
maxlength = Math.max(maxlength, 2 * right);
} else if (right > left) {
left = right = 0;
}
}
left = right = 0;
for (int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (s.charAt(i) == '(') {
left++;
} else {
right++;
}
if (left == right) {
maxlength = Math.max(maxlength, 2 * left);
} else if (left > right) {
left = right = 0;
}
}
return maxlength;
}
}
有效的括号
class Solution {
public boolean isValid(String s) {
int n = s.length();
if (n % 2 == 1) {
return false;
}
Map<Character, Character> pairs = new HashMap<Character, Character>() {{
put(')', '(');
put(']', '[');
put('}', '{');
}};
Deque<Character> stack = new LinkedList<Character>();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
char ch = s.charAt(i);
if (pairs.containsKey(ch)) {
if (stack.isEmpty() || stack.peek() != pairs.get(ch)) {
return false;
}
stack.pop();
} else {
stack.push(ch);
}
}
return stack.isEmpty();
}
}
括号生成
方法一:暴力法
class Solution {
public List<String> generateParenthesis(int n) {
List<String> combinations = new ArrayList<String>();
generateAll(new char[2 * n], 0, combinations);
return combinations;
}
public void generateAll(char[] current, int pos, List<String> result) {
if (pos == current.length) {
if (valid(current)) {
result.add(new String(current));
}
} else {
current[pos] = '(';
generateAll(current, pos + 1, result);
current[pos] = ')';
generateAll(current, pos + 1, result);
}
}
public boolean valid(char[] current) {
int balance = 0;
for (char c: current) {
if (c == '(') {
++balance;
} else {
--balance;
}
if (balance < 0) {
return false;
}
}
return balance == 0;
}
}
方法二:回溯法
class Solution {
public List<String> generateParenthesis(int n) {
List<String> ans = new ArrayList<String>();
backtrack(ans, new StringBuilder(), 0, 0, n);
return ans;
}
public void backtrack(List<String> ans, StringBuilder cur, int open, int close, int max) {
if (cur.length() == max * 2) {
ans.add(cur.toString());
return;
}
if (open < max) {
cur.append('(');
backtrack(ans, cur, open + 1, close, max);
cur.deleteCharAt(cur.length() - 1);
}
if (close < open) {
cur.append(')');
backtrack(ans, cur, open, close + 1, max);
cur.deleteCharAt(cur.length() - 1);
}
}
}
反转字符串
方法一:双指针
class Solution {
public void reverseString(char[] s) {
int n = s.length;
for (int left = 0, right = n - 1; left < right; ++left, --right) {
char tmp = s[left];
s[left] = s[right];
s[right] = tmp;
}
}
}
方法二:栈
public String reverse5(String str) {
if (str == null || str.length() <= 1) {
return str;
}
String result = "";
char[] arr = str.toCharArray();
Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<Character>();
for (char a : arr) {
stack.push(a);
}
int length = stack.size();
//注意这个地方必须要先把length暂存起来,因为在遍历的过程中,pop()堆的时候,会改变堆的大小。
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
result += stack.pop();
}
return result;
}
编辑距离
class Solution {
public int minDistance(String word1, String word2) {
int n = word1.length();
int m = word2.length();
// 有一个字符串为空串
if (n * m == 0) {
return n + m;
}
// DP 数组
int[][] D = new int[n + 1][m + 1];
// 边界状态初始化
for (int i = 0; i < n + 1; i++) {
D[i][0] = i;
}
for (int j = 0; j < m + 1; j++) {
D[0][j] = j;
}
// 计算所有 DP 值
for (int i = 1; i < n + 1; i++) {
for (int j = 1; j < m + 1; j++) {
int left = D[i - 1][j] + 1;
int down = D[i][j - 1] + 1;
int left_down = D[i - 1][j - 1];
if (word1.charAt(i - 1) != word2.charAt(j - 1)) {
left_down += 1;
}
D[i][j] = Math.min(left, Math.min(down, left_down));
}
}
return D[n][m];
}
}
电话号码的字母组合
class Solution {
public List<String> letterCombinations(String digits) {
List<String> combinations = new ArrayList<String>();
if (digits.length() == 0) {
return combinations;
}
Map<Character, String> phoneMap = new HashMap<Character, String>() {{
put('2', "abc");
put('3', "def");
put('4', "ghi");
put('5', "jkl");
put('6', "mno");
put('7', "pqrs");
put('8', "tuv");
put('9', "wxyz");
}};
backtrack(combinations, phoneMap, digits, 0, new StringBuffer());
return combinations;
}
public void backtrack(List<String> combinations, Map<Character, String> phoneMap, String digits, int index, StringBuffer combination) {
if (index == digits.length()) {
combinations.add(combination.toString());
} else {
char digit = digits.charAt(index);
String letters = phoneMap.get(digit);
int lettersCount = letters.length();
for (int i = 0; i < lettersCount; i++) {
combination.append(letters.charAt(i));
backtrack(combinations, phoneMap, digits, index + 1, combination);
combination.deleteCharAt(index);
}
}
}
}
通配符匹配
方法一:动态规划
class Solution {
public boolean isMatch(String s, String p) {
int m = s.length();
int n = p.length();
boolean[][] dp = new boolean[m + 1][n + 1];
dp[0][0] = true;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i) {
if (p.charAt(i - 1) == '*') {
dp[0][i] = true;
} else {
break;
}
}
for (int i = 1; i <= m; ++i) {
for (int j = 1; j <= n; ++j) {
if (p.charAt(j - 1) == '*') {
dp[i][j] = dp[i][j - 1] || dp[i - 1][j];
} else if (p.charAt(j - 1) == '?' || s.charAt(i - 1) == p.charAt(j - 1)) {
dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1];
}
}
}
return dp[m][n];
}
}
方法二:贪心算法
class Solution {
public boolean isMatch(String s, String p) {
int sRight = s.length(), pRight = p.length();
while (sRight > 0 && pRight > 0 && p.charAt(pRight - 1) != '*') {
if (charMatch(s.charAt(sRight - 1), p.charAt(pRight - 1))) {
--sRight;
--pRight;
} else {
return false;
}
}
if (pRight == 0) {
return sRight == 0;
}
int sIndex = 0, pIndex = 0;
int sRecord = -1, pRecord = -1;
while (sIndex < sRight && pIndex < pRight) {
if (p.charAt(pIndex) == '*') {
++pIndex;
sRecord = sIndex;
pRecord = pIndex;
} else if (charMatch(s.charAt(sIndex), p.charAt(pIndex))) {
++sIndex;
++pIndex;
} else if (sRecord != -1 && sRecord + 1 < sRight) {
++sRecord;
sIndex = sRecord;
pIndex = pRecord;
} else {
return false;
}
}
return allStars(p, pIndex, pRight);
}
public boolean allStars(String str, int left, int right) {
for (int i = left; i < right; ++i) {
if (str.charAt(i) != '*') {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
public boolean charMatch(char u, char v) {
return u == v || v == '?';
}
}
正则表达式匹配
方法一:动态规划
class Solution {
public boolean isMatch(String s, String p) {
int m = s.length();
int n = p.length();
boolean[][] f = new boolean[m + 1][n + 1];
f[0][0] = true;
for (int i = 0; i <= m; ++i) {
for (int j = 1; j <= n; ++j) {
if (p.charAt(j - 1) == '*') {
f[i][j] = f[i][j - 2];
if (matches(s, p, i, j - 1)) {
f[i][j] = f[i][j] || f[i - 1][j];
}
}
else {
if (matches(s, p, i, j)) {
f[i][j] = f[i - 1][j - 1];
}
}
}
}
return f[m][n];
}
public boolean matches(String s, String p, int i, int j) {
if (i == 0) {
return false;
}
if (p.charAt(j - 1) == '.') {
return true;
}
return s.charAt(i - 1) == p.charAt(j - 1);
}
}
单词距离
class Solution {
public int findClosest(String[] words, String word1, String word2) {
HashMap<String,List<Integer>> map = new HashMap<>();
//构造哈希表
for(int i=0;i<words.length;i++){
List<Integer> list = map.getOrDefault(words[i],new ArrayList<>());
list.add(i);
map.put(words[i], list);
}
List<Integer> l1 = map.get(word1);
List<Integer> l2 = map.get(word2);
int i=0;
int j=0;
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
while(i<l1.size()&&j<l2.size()){
int curr1 = l1.get(i);
int curr2 = l2.get(j);
min = Math.min(min,Math.abs(curr1-curr2));
if(curr1<curr2){
i++;
}else{
j++;
}
}
return min;
}
}
查找和替换模式
方法一:双映射表
class Solution {
public List<String> findAndReplacePattern(String[] words, String pattern) {
List<String> ans = new ArrayList();
for (String word: words)
if (match(word, pattern))
ans.add(word);
return ans;
}
public boolean match(String word, String pattern) {
Map<Character, Character> m1 = new HashMap();
Map<Character, Character> m2 = new HashMap();
for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); ++i) {
char w = word.charAt(i);
char p = pattern.charAt(i);
if (!m1.containsKey(w)) m1.put(w, p);
if (!m2.containsKey(p)) m2.put(p, w);
if (m1.get(w) != p || m2.get(p) != w)
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
方法二:单映射表
class Solution {
public List<String> findAndReplacePattern(String[] words, String pattern) {
List<String> ans = new ArrayList();
for (String word: words)
if (match(word, pattern))
ans.add(word);
return ans;
}
public boolean match(String word, String pattern) {
Map<Character, Character> M = new HashMap();
for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); ++i) {
char w = word.charAt(i);
char p = pattern.charAt(i);
if (!M.containsKey(w)) M.put(w, p);
if (M.get(w) != p) return false;
}
boolean[] seen = new boolean[26];
for (char p: M.values()) {
if (seen[p - 'a']) return false;
seen[p - 'a'] = true;
}
return true;
}
}
括号的最大嵌套深度
class Solution {
public int maxDepth(String s) {
Deque<Character> stack = new LinkedList<>();
char[] arr = s.toCharArray();
int len = arr.length;
if(len==0){
return 0;
}
int max=0;
for(char c: arr){
if(c==')'){
stack.pollLast();
}else if(c=='('){
stack.offer(c);
}
max = Math.max(max,stack.size());
}
return max;
}
}
单词搜索
class Solution {
public boolean exist(char[][] board, String word) {
int h = board.length, w = board[0].length;
boolean[][] visited = new boolean[h][w];
for (int i = 0; i < h; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < w; j++) {
boolean flag = check(board, visited, i, j, word, 0);
if (flag) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
public boolean check(char[][] board, boolean[][] visited, int i, int j, String s, int k) {
if (board[i][j] != s.charAt(k)) {
return false;
} else if (k == s.length() - 1) {
return true;
}
visited[i][j] = true;
int[][] directions = {{0, 1}, {0, -1}, {1, 0}, {-1, 0}};
boolean result = false;
for (int[] dir : directions) {
int newi = i + dir[0], newj = j + dir[1];
if (newi >= 0 && newi < board.length && newj >= 0 && newj < board[0].length) {
if (!visited[newi][newj]) {
boolean flag = check(board, visited, newi, newj, s, k + 1);
if (flag) {
result = true;
break;
}
}
}
}
visited[i][j] = false;
return result;
}
}
合并K个排序过的链表
ListNode mergeKListNode(ArrayList<ListNode> k){
if(k.size()==0){
return null;
}
return mergeHelper(k,0,k.size()-1);
}
ListNode mergeHelper(List<ListNode> lists,int start,int end){
if(start == end){
return lists.get(start);
}
int mid = start + ( end - start )/2;
ListNode left = mergeHelper(lists, start, mid);
ListNode right = mergeHelper(lists, mid+1, end);
return mergeTwoLists(left,right);
}
ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode list1,ListNode list2){
ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
ListNode tail = dummy;
while(list1!=null&&list2!=null){
if(list1.val<list2.val){
tail.next = list1;
tail = tail.next;
list1 = list1.next;
}else{
tail.next = list2;
tail = list2;
list2 = list2.next;
}
}
if(list1!=null){
tail.next = list1;
}else{
tail.next = list2;
}
return dummy.next;
}