[leetcode]23. Merge k Sorted Lists

链接:https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-k-sorted-lists/description/

 

 

Merge k sorted linked lists and return it as one sorted list. Analyze and describe its complexity.

Example:

Input:
[
  1->4->5,
  1->3->4,
  2->6
]
Output: 1->1->2->3->4->4->5->6

这道题让我们合并k个有序链表,最终合并出来的结果也必须是有序的,之前做过一道 Merge Two Sorted Lists,是混合插入两个有序链表。这道题增加了难度,变成合并k个有序链表了,但是不管合并几个,基本还是要两两合并。那么首先考虑的方法是能不能利用之前那道题的解法来解答此题。答案是肯定的,但是需要修改,怎么修改呢,最先想到的就是两两合并,就是前两个先合并,合并好了再跟第三个,然后第四个直到第k个。这样的思路是对的,但是效率不高,没法通过 OJ,所以只能换一种思路,这里就需要用到分治法 Divide and Conquer Approach。简单来说就是不停的对半划分,比如k个链表先划分为合并两个 k/2 个链表的任务,再不停的往下划分,直到划分成只有一个或两个链表的任务,开始合并。举个例子来说比如合并6个链表,那么按照分治法,首先分别合并0和3,1和4,2和5。这样下一次只需合并3个链表,再合并1和3,最后和2合并就可以了。代码中的k是通过 (n+1)/2 计算的,这里为啥要加1呢,这是为了当n为奇数的时候,k能始终从后半段开始,比如当 n=5 时,那么此时 k=3,则0和3合并,1和4合并,最中间的2空出来。当n是偶数的时候,加1也不会有影响,比如当 n=4 时,此时 k=2,那么0和2合并,1和3合并,完美解决问题,参见代码如下

 

class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* mergeKLists(vector<ListNode*>& lists) {
        if (lists.empty()) return NULL;
        int n = lists.size();
        while (n > 1) {
            int k = (n + 1) / 2;
            for (int i = 0; i < n / 2; ++i) {
                lists[i] = mergeTwoLists(lists[i], lists[i + k]);
            }
            n = k;
        }
        return lists[0];
    }
    ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2) {
        ListNode *dummy = new ListNode(-1), *cur = dummy;
        while (l1 && l2) {
            if (l1->val < l2->val) {
                cur->next = l1;
                l1 = l1->next;
            } else {
                cur->next = l2;
                l2 = l2->next;
            }
            cur = cur->next;
        }
        if (l1) cur->next = l1;
        if (l2) cur->next = l2;
        return dummy->next;
    }
};
/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    struct cmp{
        bool operator()(const ListNode* a,const ListNode* b)
        {
            return a->val>b->val;
        }
    };
    
    
    ListNode* mergeKLists(vector<ListNode*>& lists) {
        priority_queue<ListNode*,vector<ListNode*>,cmp> pq;
        for(auto l: lists)
        {
            if(l)
            {
                pq.push(l);
            }
        }
        
        if(pq.empty())
        {
            return nullptr;
        }
        
        ListNode* ans=pq.top();
        pq.pop();
        ListNode* tail=ans;
        if(tail->next)
        {
            pq.push(tail->next);
        }
        
        while(!pq.empty())
        {
            tail->next=pq.top();
            tail=tail->next;
            pq.pop();
            if(tail->next)
            {
                pq.push(tail->next);
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
};

 

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