Leetcode 75: Day 3: 21. Merge Two Sorted Lists
Question:
You are given the heads of two sorted linked lists list1 and list2.
Merge the two lists in a one sorted list. The list should be made by splicing together the nodes of the first two lists.
Return the head of the merged linked list.
Example 1:
Input: list1 = [1,2,4], list2 = [1,3,4] Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4]
Example 2:
Input: list1 = [], list2 = [] Output: []
Example 3:
Input: list1 = [], list2 = [0] Output: [0]
Constraints:
The number of nodes in both lists is in the range [0, 50]. -100 <= Node.val <= 100 Both list1 and list2 are sorted in non-decreasing order.
Solution:
- Use recursion to solve the subproblems.
- Compare the first nodes of both the lists.
- Once the smaller node is found, pass it to the recursive function (with new list starting from the second node of that list: list.next node).
Code:
class Solution {
public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
if(l1 == null) return l2;
if(l2 == null) return l1;
if(l1.val < l2.val){
l1.next = mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2);
return l1;
} else{
l2.next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2.next);
return l2;
}
}
}
Complexity:
- Time: O(m + n)
- Space: O(1)