leetcode 23. merge k sorted lists

23. Merge k Sorted Lists

Difficulty:: Hard

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

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

Solution

Language: Java

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* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
class {
public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
if (lists == null || lists.length == 0) {
return null;
}
ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
ListNode cur = dummy;
PriorityQueue<ListNode> pq = new PriorityQueue<>((a, b) -> a.val - b.val);
for (ListNode l : lists) {
if (l == null) {
continue;
}
pq.offer(l);
}
while (!pq.isEmpty()) {
ListNode tmp = pq.poll();
cur.next = tmp;
cur = cur.next;
if (tmp.next != null) {
pq.offer(tmp.next);
}
}
return dummy.next;
}
}

或者可以用归并排序的方法